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Through collaboration, FCSO's detention center has provided tutoring and GED services for Brenden Depa

Detention Services has teamed with a retired educator, FTC's GED facilitator and the Tax Collector's Office to assist Depa in working toward his GED and improving his coping mechanisms.


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  • | 6:00 a.m. May 1, 2024
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After reading recent articles published on FlaglerLive titled, “The Dis-Education of Brendan Depa” and other articles, I felt compelled to highlight the collaboration and teamwork that has taken place to provide continued educational opportunities for Mr. Depa during his stay at our facility.

As Chief of the Court and Detention Services Division for the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, I oversee the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility, also known as “The Green Roof Inn.” Over the past year, on average there were almost 300 inmates in custody each day in our facility. Brendan Depa has been included in this count since August 22, 2023 when he turned 18 years old and was transferred to our facility from a Jacksonville juvenile detention center.

I am very proud of our detention team and their desire to adopt Sheriff Staly’s mission to “Improve Inmate Outcomes to Improve Our Community” by offering various inmate educational and technical skills, mental health and addiction recovery in our jail. In fact, our jail was recently recognized by the American Jail Association as an innovative leader in correctional facilities.

 


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