Scotland County’s 171% Jail Capacity Crisis Shows Why Risk-Based Electronic Monitoring Is the Only Scalable Answer
Three correctional officers guarding 88 inmates. That ratio—roughly 1:29—was all it took for prisoners at North Carolina’s Bertie-Martin Regional Jail to overpower staff, seize hostages, and trigger a 10-hour standoff on June 29, 2026. Two weeks later, Sheriff Ralph Kersey of Scotland County issued a formal public safety warning: his 109-bed detention center is housing […]
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