The Lawrence County Prison Board voted to approve a resolution to promote Sergeant Alex Lorenza to the facility’s captain position, the board announced during its Dec. 4, 2025 meeting.

Board members moved the proposed resolution identified on the record as "resolution number 2025 number 3." A jail official told the board that three letters of intent were received for the captain role and, after discussions with the warden and Deputy Simmons, "we do believe that Sergeant Alex Lorenza is the person that can fill that position." The speaker said Lorenza was hired in 2022 and promoted to sergeant in 2024 and has frequently served as shift commander in the captain’s absence.

The board discussed the hire date; the resolution was presented with an effective date option of Dec. 4, 2025. Commissioners and other board members were polled on the motion; several responded "Yes" in sequence and the chair announced, "Motion carries." The board did not record a roll-call tally with individual yes/no labels in the transcript beyond the successive affirmative responses.

The resolution will be numbered in the record as 2025-3. The board did not provide in the meeting transcript the name of the individual who formally moved the resolution or a separate second by name; the meeting minutes should reflect the official mover/second if required for the administrative record.

The board proceeded to other business and then moved to an executive session to discuss personnel matters.

The meeting transcript does not include further administrative details about Lorenza’s salary, job description changes, or the personnel paperwork timeline; those details were not specified in the public record provided.