The Beaufort County Jail Committee will meet on Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 3:30 PM in the boardroom located at 136 W. 2nd Street, Washington, NC.
Published: Thursday, December 16th, 2021 @ 6:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County Commissioner Hood Richardson, once again, visits the "What's Happening NOW" hot seat, where he delivers some chilling truths about Beaufort County's government.
Published: Saturday, September 5th, 2020 @ 11:24 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County Commissioner Hood Richardson found a way, once again, to keep us informed and somewhat entertained as his explains the bold reality of governing as a Conservative amongst the political backdrop of the long years of Democratic Socialist /nominal Republican control.
Published: Thursday, September 3rd, 2020 @ 5:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In this inaugural episode of Beaufort County NOW's community /regional based program, "What's Happening", where interviewing interesting people will be our prime directive, we talk with 6 term Beaufort County Commissioner Hood Richardson.
Published: Thursday, August 6th, 2020 @ 8:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The jail disaster has a lot of the fingerprints of the fake Corona Virus.
Published: Thursday, July 2nd, 2020 @ 11:12 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Jail expenses in excess of normal jail costs are continuing to accumulate at he the rate of about $25,000 per month.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2019 @ 2:17 am
By: Hood Richardson
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It is a pleasure to write about good news and what appears to be an improving jail situation. Two events are going to help a lot.
Published: Saturday, August 24th, 2019 @ 8:09 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Normally, I think of the Grand Jury being my protection or stop gap between overly enthusiastic prosecutors and the court system.
Published: Monday, May 6th, 2019 @ 7:23 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Why do we need a jail?
Published: Wednesday, April 24th, 2019 @ 11:10 am
By: Hood Richardson
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In October of 2015, at the encouragement of several county commissioners, members of the judiciary, and many people in the community, Sheriff Ernie Coleman applied for assistance from the National Institute of Corrections to perform an assessment of our Jail and Justice System
Published: Wednesday, July 6th, 2016 @ 4:00 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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In each county in North Carolina, the sheriff and board of county commissioners share responsibility for the jail.
Published: Monday, September 21st, 2015 @ 9:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Recently, I was sent a PDF of a Washington Daily News editorial, by William Buonanno of Chocowinity, detailing the certain ulterior motive by Commissioner Hood Richardson in regards to his campaign to keep the county jail in Beaufort County's county seat.
Published: Monday, June 1st, 2015 @ 8:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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I have attached a copy of the death investigation report conducted by DHHS.
Published: Sunday, March 22nd, 2015 @ 11:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It has taken some 2 months to get there, but I finally got a first-hand look at our basement jail which has been the source of much discussion in recent months.
Published: Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 @ 7:46 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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On Monday evening, the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners voted to stop all spending and construction planning on the proposed new jail by adopting several measures in a resolution presented to the Board by the Stop the Jail Committee.
Published: Sunday, December 7th, 2014 @ 4:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Until you have felt the sting of miscarried justice and been in a bad and filthy jail, you have no compassion for those in our County Jail right now! How many citizens have spent the night there and eaten the food to see what it really is???
Published: Thursday, August 7th, 2014 @ 4:49 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Grand Juries are required by General Statute to inspect the county jail one time each year. The Beaufort County Grand Jury did its duty according to their report dated June 23, 2014.
Published: Monday, July 7th, 2014 @ 8:33 am
By: Hood Richardson
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No one has yet offered any kind of cash flow spreadsheet for the public to use in assessing the proposed jail to be built in Chocowinity.
Published: Thursday, April 17th, 2014 @ 11:59 am
By: Warren Smith
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This evening it is important to continue to evaluate the process of the jail project.
Published: Tuesday, March 11th, 2014 @ 6:48 pm
By: Keith D Kidwell
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The Beaufort County Commissioners' retreat, held today and again tomorrow (February 20 - 21, 2014) at the North Carolina Estuarium, will not be attended by Commissioners Hood Richardson and Stan Deatherage.
Published: Sunday, March 9th, 2014 @ 3:13 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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While most Beaufort County voters are concerned about the way the new 20 million dollar jail experience has unfolded, I am not sure they know what the plan is.
Published: Saturday, March 8th, 2014 @ 8:37 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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On January 23rd, I had a thorough tour of the Beaufort County Jail and Sheriff's office, where it was clear to me that both of these facilities are in states of gross neglect and lack proper maintenance.
Published: Wednesday, February 5th, 2014 @ 10:04 pm
By: Keith D Kidwell
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There is an abundance of information. It is here, it is there, it is everywhere. Sometimes I feel like I am floating in a sea of information, reports, news programs, writings and whispered messages.
Published: Monday, January 13th, 2014 @ 10:22 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Today, Beaufort County GOP Chairman Keith Kidwell announced he will run for Beaufort County Commissioner. In his announcement, Chairman Kidwell emphasized that the County needs a leader with business, budgeting and executive experience.
Published: Wednesday, December 11th, 2013 @ 7:22 am
By: Keith D Kidwell
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