Board mulls over next inmate health contract

The Butler County Prison Board approved an antenna system for purchase with its new portable radios and weighed options for its next inmate health care contract.

The board approved a $158,175 antenna system for the prison so the new radios will be operable throughout the building. Warden Beau Sneddon previously said a radio coverage test revealed the cement and metal prison walls impede signal transmission, which is why the antenna system was needed. County emergency services director Steve Bicehouse facilitated the project.

“Steve assured me that this system is essentially ‘overbuilt’ for what we need,” Sneddon said.

The finished system will allow encrypted prison communications and communication outside the prison. Sneddon said the project

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