Orange City, Iowa — This week is National Correctional Officers Week, and one area sheriff’s office tells us they will be celebrating their correctional officers this week.
According to Sioux County Sheriff Jamie Van Voorst, former President Ronald Reagan established this week in 1984 when he saw the need to recognize their contribution to society. He tells us the Sioux County Jail handles nearly 1,100 arrestees booked into the jail each year. He says their jail averages nearly 33 inmates per day.
Van Voorst says their correctional officers handle many tasks ranging from daily inmate care, keeping the jail staff and inmates secure, managing inmate medications, and serving meals each day to keeping the jail clean.
The Sheriff says, “To the men and women who work in the jail and see the side of those who are arrested at the Sioux County Sheriff’s Jail, we thank you; it’s one of the toughest, unseen jobs in public safety. I get to brag a bit; Sioux County has one of the best groups that get the job done safely with very little notice or thanks.”
