The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has released their 2014 “Detention Center Year-in-Review.”

According to the report, the Lincoln County Detention Center (LCDC) booked 1,820 people during the year, and had a daily population of 111, consisting of 87 males and 24 females.

Staff served 93,270 meals to inmates, and say inmates and their families conducted 6,133 visits through video visitation.

With the new facility, authorities say they have been able to implement several new programs to assist inmates and the community.

The LCDC has partnered with Lutheran Family Services to offer an Intensive Outpatient Drug and Alcohol Treatment program for inmates.  64 inmates participated in the program, and logged over 450 hours of session time.  The report says, in the past, inmates needing this type of service were sent to other areas of the state, at the expense of the County.

The Inmate Worker Program was also successful in 2014, according to the report.  The inmate workers are responsible for meal preparation and delivery, laundry, interior cleaning and exterior groundwork.  In addition to their duties at the LCDC, inmates also worked six days per week cleaning the North Platte Animal Shelter and gave numerous hours to Keep North Platte/Lincoln County Beautiful and the Village of Hershey.

The report says inmates have more than doubled the hours of work generated and have provided over 3,200 hours of community service.

Improvements made to the facility during 2014 included the installation of an internet visitation system, which allows attorneys to visit with inmates from their office, without the inmate leaving their cell.

Officials say they will continue to look for efficient cost-saving measures in the future, and look forward to serving the citizens of Lincoln County in 2015.