Freestone County officials told the commissioners the jail population and transport workload remain a strain on county staffing and logistics.

"We got 80 today. It's how many of them in or out of county?" a speaker asked, and a county official replied, "We have 38 here right now." The sheriff and staff described repeated long transports, medical trips to Henderson and Falls counties and multiple court trips that tie up deputies for several hours.

Officials said out-of-county housing is necessary because nearby facilities are full and that synchronizing court dates across jurisdictions can reduce repeated transports. One staff member said court schedules sometimes require multiple back-to-back transports and that medical transports often occupy two deputies for four to five hours.

Commissioners discussed the logistics and said they will continue coordinating court dates and housing to reduce duplicate transports and staff burden. No formal action was taken; the topic was discussed as an operational update and problem the court expects to manage through coordination and scheduling.

Provenance: Discussion begins at 00:15:17 (transcript excerpt: "Chair, we were just talking about our inmate situation, looking at the numbers... We got 80 today.") and includes the exchange at 00:15:36 (transcript excerpt: "Well, we have 38 here right now.").