Detention center installs surveillance system

The Muskogee County/City Detention Facility in Oklahoma recently added surveillance systems in order to ensure the safety of everyone in the jail.

The new system has 120 cameras that were funded by proceeds of a sales tax approved by voters in 2007, according to local news source the Muskogee Phoenix. The cameras give security officers in the jail a view of every place in the facility, including the exterior surroundings.

“It keeps us safe, it keeps the inmates safe, and it keeps visitors safe,” Charles Pearson, Muskogee County Sheriff, said to the Phoenix. “Everyone knows they’re being recorded. This will cut thieving in the jail in half, it will cut down on fighting and dirty employees, I mean, anything you can think of. If you’re doing wrong in the jail, you’ll get caught.”

Authorities in Florida recently released a report on an October jailbreak from a facility in Indian River County, according to the TCPalm. Two inmates crawled through an air conditioning duct to make their escape, although both men were later found and arrested.

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