The funding is necessary to maintain over 200 jail beds and necessary staffing, a sheriff’s office spokesman said, or one-fifth of Multnomah County’s jail capacity.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Without intervention, Multnomah County could abruptly lose about a fifth of its jail capacity due to a looming $3.4 million budget shortfall this year, according to a spokesman for the county sheriff’s office.
That funding threatens about 219 of the county’s jail beds, including positions of 17 corrections deputies and other staff necessary to supervise and support those beds.
“If funding remains unchanged, we would see a one-fifth reduction in jail beds, from 1,130 (current capacity) to
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