SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The Spokane County sheriff says a drop in the number of county inmates means 57 corrections employees will be laid off.
Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said Tuesday that 59 positions will be lost but two are already vacant. The 57 employees expected to lose their jobs range from corrections deputies to nurses and cooks. The layoffs take effect June 16.
The sheriff says the Detention Services budget for 2010 was based on a predicted average daily population at the County Jail and the Geiger Corrections Center of 920 inmates. But that average population has dropped to 750 and seems to be holding at that level.
