Kern County Sheriff discusses staffing, in-custody deaths, and jail bed space

KCSO Sheriff Donny Youngblood stopped by 23ABC to discuss a variety of topics on Tuesday morning.

Senior Reporter Mike Hart asked the Sheriff about staffing, recent in-custody deaths, and jail bed space among other topics.

“We’re on a positive climb. We went through a lot of people, we hired a lot of people, we’ve hired 400 people the last two years, but we’ve lost a lot of people” said Youngblood about staffing. “We’re kind of in a low spot right now, we’ve run out of qualified applicants.”…

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