{"id":1193408,"date":"2023-01-12T05:37:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T11:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1193408"},"modified":"2023-01-13T07:09:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T13:09:30","slug":"smith-county-jail-sees-more-applicants-but-is-still-short-staffed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1193408","title":{"rendered":"Smith County Jail sees more applicants but is still short staffed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/01\/smith-county-jail-175x134.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"134\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1193409\" \/>SMITH COUNTY \u00e2\u20ac\u201c As the new year begins, Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith said the jail is still understaffed and searching for new hires. According to our news partner KETK, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still a lot of work to be done. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a lot of moving parts that the general public has no idea,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Smith. He said a lot goes into operating a jail. With 33 unfilled positions, it only makes things more difficult on the staff they do have. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The ones that are just coming into the workforce that are eager to do things even get disheartened when they see there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no light at the end of the tunnel. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcWhen am I going to get off, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s good making this money but I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t spend it,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Smith. Because every Texas jail must meet a ratio of one jailer per 48 inmates, Smith County has been continuing mandatory overtime for months now. Depending on the inmate, more detention officers will be needed for supervision. He said they are trying to do what they can to be fully staffed again one day. When the jails are overpopulated, they have to send inmates to other jails that have room. He said soon that will be harder to do because every jail in the state is facing similar issues. For now Smith added, they are good on space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SMITH COUNTY \u00e2\u20ac\u201c As the new year begins, Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith said the jail is still understaffed and searching for new hires. According to our news partner KETK, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still a lot of work to be done. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a lot of moving parts that the general public has no idea,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Smith. He &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1193408\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Smith County Jail sees more applicants but is still short staffed<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1193412,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/01\/smith-county-jail-175x134.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Smith County Jail sees more applicants but is still short staffed","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1193408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 17:34:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/01\/smith-county-jail-175x134.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Smith County Jail sees more applicants but is still short staffed","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1193408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1193408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1193408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1193411,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1193408\/revisions\/1193411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1193412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1193408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1193408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1193408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}