A Profile and Strategic Plan

THE TILLAMOOK, OR COUNTY

JAIL
A Portrait of Tillamook
County
 Rural county in North-Western coastal
Oregon.
 Population: 25, 250
 91.5% White; 1.0% American-Indian; 0.9%
Asian; 0.3% Black or African-American.
 Large undocumented alien population
working in agriculture (USCB, 2016).
 Significant levels of opiate and amphetamine
abuse (OHA, 2012).
The Tillamook County Sherriff's
Office and the Jail
 Opened in 1972. Originally a 19 bed facility with
12 staff.
 Expanded to 96 beds in June of 1997 and a staff
of 21.
 Currently holds 120 inmates with a staff of 24
(TCSO, 2012).
 The Jail does not have a mission or vision
statement but does have a “jail song,” written by
folk music artist Todd Snider:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDaAJeK3D
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Organizational Chart

 No formal organizational chart available.

 Jail is run by Lieutenant Jon Briscoe who reports
directly to Sheriff.
 3 Corrections Sergeants represent shit
supervisors
 15 Corrections deputies report to these
Sergeants
 The jail also employs 1 Corrections Technician, 1
Food Service Supervisor, 1 Registered Nurse, 1
contracted Doctor, a Debt Collection/Medical
Clerk, and a wide-variety of on-call and volunteer
staff (TCSO, 2016).
Programs Offered

 Alcoholics/Narcotics Anonymous
 Methamphetamine Mitigation and Reduction
Program
 Continuing education through Multnomah
County Community College
 Various religious services (TCSO, 2012).
Organizational Objective 1: Staff Crisis
Management Training for Drugs and Mental
Illness
 Increase staff’ ability to cope with inmate
drug and mental illness crises.
 Staff trained in crisis management for drug
users and the mentally-ill are germane to
defusing prison violence (Ellis, 2014).
 Mandatory training for all officers because of
the County’s substance abuse problems.
 Yearly progress measurement based on
measurement of number of use-of-force
incidents involving mentally ill jail inmates.
Organizational Objective 2: Mindfulness
to Reduce Inter-Prisoner Aggression

 Decrease inmates’ violent tendencies through

the practice of mindfulness.
 A scientific meditation technique shown to allow
individuals to exert greater emotional control,
and master self-control in prison populations
(Chrichlow & Joseph, 2015).
 Implementation of program through staff nurse
or community volunteers.
 Year-to-year comparison of inter-prisoner
incidents of violence that are not related to gang
affiliation
Organizational Objective 3:
Enhancing Mental Health Services
 Ensure prisoner psychotropic medication
compliance to reduce psychiatric hospital
admissions.
 McKenna et al. (2017) note that nurse-centric pill
administration, combined with peer support,
encourages psychotropic medication
compliance.
 Pair existing nurse administration of
psychotropic medication with peer-centric
support and mentoring mechanisms.
 Year-to-year comparison of psychiatric hospital
admissions for jail inmates.
Organizational Objective 4:
Understand and Reduce HIV Burdens
 Increase knowledge of HIV status amongst jail
inmates.
 Solomon et al. (2014) note that drug-using
prisoners are less likely to be aware of their HIV
status. This represents a risk to the prison
population, and public.
 The prison should make instant HIV testing
available to all prisoners through the on-staff
doctor.
 Measured through number of prisoner HIV tests
undertaken per year
Conclusion

 These programs aim to improve both jail

security, and community health.
 Low cost programs because of the relatively
downtrodden nature of the Tillamook County
economy.
 Special attention paid to the mental health
and drug abuse realities of Tillamook County.
 Best practices for improving jail and
community health in an age of scarcity
References
 Crichlow, W., & Joseph, J. (2015). Introduction: Towards Arts and Physical Activity as
Mindful Alternative Rehabilitation Alternative Offender Rehabilitation and Social
Justice (pp. 1-11). New York, NY: Springer.
 Ellis, H.A. (2014). Effects of a crisis intervention team (CIT) training program upon
police officers before and after crisis intervention team training. Archives of
psychiatric nursing, 28(1), 10-16.
 McKenna, B., Skipworth, J., & Pillai, K. . (2017). Mental health care and treatment in
prisons: a new paradigm to support best practice. World Psychiatry, 16(1), 3-4.
 OHA. (2012). Prescription drug dispensing in Oregon: Schedules II-IV medications
dispensed in Oregon - Tillamook County. Retrieved February 16, 2017, from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_1752790521&feature=iv
&src_vid=2cLKxqw792A&v=m_w-1F2Nq-8
 Solomon, L., Montague, B.T., Beckwith, C.G., Baillargeon, J., Costa, M., Dumont, D., .
. . Rich, J.D. . (2014). Survey finds that many prisons and jails have room to improve
HIV testing and coordination of postrelease treatment. Health affairs, 33(3), 434-442.
 TCSO. (2016). Tillamook County Sheriff's Office Jail Division. Retrieved February 16,
2017, from http://unemployedprofessors.com/Admin/ProfessorProjectHistory.aspx
 USCB. (2016). United States Census Bureau: Tillamook County, OR. Retrieved
February 16, 2017, from http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/41057