Commissioners approved requests from the sheriff’s office for jail operations and received budget requests from foster care agencies at the rescheduled meeting of the DeWitt County Commissioner’s Court, The regular meeting on July 12 was originally scheduled for Monday, July 8, but was postponed because of Hurricane Beryl’s imminent landfall.
In regard to jail operations, the contract with Keefe Commissary Network was under consideration for re-approval. Sheriff Carl Bowen described the commissary system, which provides items that are not supplied but available for purchase. He said the basic necessities are provided to inmates, but if they want a name brand toothpaste or more phone time, etc., they can order it through a kiosk system in their cells.
An inmate’s family deposits money in the kiosk system in the visitation room. Then the inmate can access it with his or her pin number on the kiosk, the sheriff said.
