Officials with the DeKalb County Jail said they are working on making the environment safer and more secure, as well as more weather-appropriate, after vandalism resulted in multiple broken windows throughout the facility.
In November, Sheriff Melody Maddox said jail employees started work on placing impenetrable metal panels on all broken cell windows at the facility, calling the panels “the most viable alternative as temperatures drop.”
“Deliberate inmate vandalism has left us no choice but to seal all cell windows that have been broken, burned, cracked and/or completely destroyed,” said Maddox. “Not only does this situation represent a serious widespread breach of security but it also presents a threat to the health and well-being of inmates as cold winter weather is upon us.”…