State reviews jail staff study

The South Carolina Department of Corrections has under review a recently-completed staff study to cover the new Oconee County Jail, which expects to open its cell doors some time this summer. And Sheriff Mike Crenshaw is counting on having the required numbers to present this month to Oconee County Council. Crenshaw is looking to the DOC for exact numbers on how many extra correctional officers will be required for the larger jail. The current one employs 26, counting Major Steve Pruitt, jail director. “I’m comfortable saying at this point that it is going to be more than 10, but certainly hope less than 18 or 20, somewhere in that neighborhood,” Crenshaw said. Pruitt and Crenshaw were spotted meeting this week with a DOC official, and Crenshaw confirms that meeting took place Tuesday night at the county’s Pine Street office complex.