PRESS RELEASE: Kilby Hays And Spatola, Jr. Say Issues At The County Jail Fall On The Freeholder Board

Cumberland County GOP freeholder candidates Arvene Kilby Hays and Frank Spatola, Jr. weighed in on the issues at the county jail this morning. Their press release on the matter follows:

Kilby Hays And Spatola, Jr. Say Issues At The County Jail Fall On The Freeholder Board

Maybe it’s time to let the sheriff run the jail

VINELAND – Republican candidates for Cumberland County Freeholder, Arvene Kilby Hays and Frank Spatola, Jr, said today concerns about “labor issues” at the county jail fall on the Board of Chosen Freeholders.

At issue is a recently published report “claiming the jail administration is not honoring the negotiated contract and using unfair labor practices.”

“There’s an obvious solution to any real or perceived problems at the county jail,” Arvene Kilby Hays said. “Let the sheriff run the jail, just like they do in Cape May County and Salem County. Generally speaking, except for election time, it takes the politics out of the jail.”

“It seems to us the fact the health department, the civil service commission and the Department of Justice have all been to the jail that indicates the calls for an ‘independent’ investigation will not yield any new information,” Frank Spatola, Jr. explained. “Independent investigation or not. you don’t see all those agencies parading in and out of the jails in Cape May County or Salem County.”

Spatola. Jr. asked, “What’s different at the jails in those two counties?”

“Obviously, it’s that the sheriffs oversee those jails, not the freeholders,” Spatola said. “Maybe it’s time to follow the lead of Cape May County and Salem County and let the sheriff oversee our jail.”

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