The Geary County jail population reached 160 inmates as of this past Monday morning.

Geary County Commission Chair Florence Whitebread noted the total dropped to about 150 approximately a week ago, but then climbed back up. “I don’t know what the problem or the answer is to the cause but we’re certainly carrying a lot of people in our jail.”

Whitebread added she signs checks as the regional juvenile detention center where there recently 19 inmates. “Lot of meals to cook and a lot of work when you have that many prisoners. Those people that are jailers in both those facilities are certainly earning their keep with that many.”