A seventh employee at the Chesterfield County Jail has been fired following an inmate death over the summer. The termination comes as voters approved a sales tax initiative to construct a new $50 million detention facility.
The existing Chesterfield County Jail is approximately 50 years old and has experienced long-standing operational issues.
State officials noted that many internal lock mechanisms are too old to maintain properly, contributing to multiple inmate escapes and security failures in recent years…