Jailers are responsible for the health, safety, and wellbeing of inmates that include 24-hour monitoring for health (mental and physical) ailments/symptoms, injuries, and medication (including OTC) disbursement. The duties of the jail staff include inmate medical/court transports and medication pickups. This has increased the responsibility of our patrol, jail, and medical staff,” Phillips said. “Over the last couple years there has been a substantial change in inmates that include mental health, substance abuse, and severity of medical/health ailments.
