In an update to the Manhattan city commission on Tuesday, Riley County Police Department director Brian Peete said the jail population remains above recommended capacity.
Peete said while the facility has 143 beds, not all of those spots should be filled.
“If you look at the requirements for categorization, we can’t have 143 folks within the jail, because we have to classify someone that they’re a violent offender as compared to someone who’s a DUI,” he said. “You don’t want to mix those two folks together. So realistically, we’re only at about 125, and we’ve consistently been above that the last few months. Two weeks ago or three weeks ago, we were sitting at 137 people in the jail on a Saturday. So our ADP, or average daily population, this month will probably be around 130.”
