Fun facts from the HCSO 2013 Annual Report

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The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office 2013 Annual Report is out. It contains many things we can be proud of. The page about the Adult Detention Division states in the first paragraph: 

"The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) operates the largest jail in Minnesota and the only jail in the state that is accredited by the American Correctional Association. The Sheriff's Office has achieved this distinction because it maintains the highest standards of inmate custody and care."

It lists several facts:
Annual Bookings: 35,910
Average Bookings per day: 98
High count for the year: 808
Low count:603
Inmate meals served: 820,168

Here's a few facts not listed:

241 use of force incidents in the jail division in 2013

18 assaults on staff in 2013
Here's that breakdown:

4 deputies spit on
2 deputies grabbed
1 deputy scratched
8 deputies punched
1 deputy bodily fluids thrown on 
1 deputy fecal matter in face
1 deputy bit

Here's another fact not listed. Hennepin County Detention Deputy's are the lowest paid in the seven county metro area. That's right, the biggest jail in the state, the busiest jail in the state, the most dangerous jail in the state, the only ACA accredited jail in the state, the jail with the highest trained staff, the jail with the "highest standards of inmate custody and care," is the lowest paid in the metro area after wage freezes for 5 of the last 10 years.

Have I mentioned the HCSO has the highest paid Sheriff in the state, at $157,000 a year, and the highest paid County Board members averaging about $99,000 a year.