PIERRE — The Hughes County Jail is looking to boost it’s staffing numbers by attempting to put a group of prospective Detention Deputies through a Department of Corrections training academy. Sheriff Patrick Callahan says a desire to help is all you really need…
Callahan says there is not a physical requirement to meet like training to be a police officer or field deputy but the work can be demanding on the body…
Callahan says detention deputies play a big part in making sure inmates don’t return…
Hughes County is picking up the tab for detention deputy recruits wanting to go through the Department of Corrections training academy, held in Pierre.
