ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Monroe County is making progress in addressing its staffing shortages at the jail and courts. The county is currently down about 27 deputies, a significant improvement from a previous deficit of more than 100.
On Tuesday, the county welcomed approximately a dozen new deputies from Jail Class #56. County Undersheriff Korey Brown acknowledged the ongoing staffing challenges but expressed optimism about recent advancements.
“We’re looking early next year to be fully staffed, including who’s in the academy,” said Brown. “So if we start another academy in February, obviously it takes four or five months before they’re actually turning the key or standing watch in a court.”
Brown said the goal is to have all positions filled by February so that once training is complete, both the court and the jail will be fully staffed.
The county has also benefited from the state’s loss of prison guards. In April, Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter told News10NBC’s Kristi Blake the county was in the process of hiring prison guards who left their jobs earlier this year. Brown confirmed about 50 former prison guards have since joined the county jail staff.
“They like the work environment so much that they tell other people that they used to work with what the work environment’s like here,” Brown said. The department does not enforce 24-hour mandates, which Brown said contributes to the appeal of working there.
However, the aftermath of the prison guard strike in New York continues to impact local jails months later. During the strike, prisons stopped accepting state-ready inmates, leading to overcrowded jails. Although the state resumed taking inmates in May, it has not been fast enough to restore normal levels.
“We usually keep around 20. So in January we had around 20 and the peak in July got up to 200, which is a huge number,” said Korey Brown, undersheriff of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department.
“Now we’re down to 130. So we’re still well above the 20 that we normally have, but we’re well below the 200. So it’s moving in the right direction.”
The financial strain of housing state-ready inmates is significant. Sheriff Todd Baxter previously said it costs about $350 a day per inmate for housing, medication, and hygiene products, while the state reimburses only $100 a day. This leaves taxpayers to cover the remaining costs.
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