Ramsey County sheriff crafts plan to quickly cut jail population as ordered by the state Department of Corrections

Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher has detailed plans to swiftly reduce the county jail's population as ordered by the Minnesota Department of Corrections, which says insufficient staffing levels pose serious physical harm to prisoners at the facility.

The move comes as Fletcher and county leaders debate who is responsible for the crowded jail conditions and as the board chair raises "command climate issues and the internal cultural issues" at the facility.

Dozens of prisoners will be moved to the county workhouse, jails in other counties and state prisons, Fletcher said in a letter sent Monday to Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) Commissioner Paul Schnell.

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