8A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL FEBRUARY 7, 2018
Lane County to add
50 jail beds
On Feb. 3, the Lane County
Sheriff’s Offi ce will be adding
50 jail beds for local defendants
and offenders, increasing the
number of local jail beds to 367
from 317. This is the fourth in-
crease in capacity since the pas-
sage of the Public Safety levy to
fund jail beds and youth deten-
tion and treatment services in
Lane County.
Prior to the levy, the jail had
125 local jail beds, and con-
tracted out several other beds
to outside agencies. After the
passage of the levy in 2013, the
jail doubled local capacity to
256 beds, and then to 297 beds
in September of 2015. In Feb-
ruary 2016, enough additional
staff had been hired and trained
to increase the number of local
jail beds again to 317, which
is where the capacity remained
until this most recent increase.
The number of capacity
based releases (CBRs, or early
releases) has reduced by 61.34
percent compared to CBRs prior
to the levy, and the jail has not
released any pre-trial inmates
being held on Measure 11, vi-
olent felony charges, due to ca-
pacity (which was not the case
prior to the levy).
In addition to the decrease
in CBRs, the jail has strength-
ened its focus on treatment
services for inmates suffering
from severe and persistent men-
tal illness, including Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy treatment
through a partnership with
Sponsor’s, Inc., a local reentry
program. The jail also offers
continuing education to help
inmates get their GED, as well
as socialization classes focus-
ing on practicing appropriate
behaviors, communication, and
coping skills.
Three additional Mental
Health Specialists have also
joined the team at the Lane
County Jail (through a collab-
oration with Lane County Be-
havioral Health) to work on dis-
charge planning with inmates to
help ensure a smooth, uninter-
rupted transition of services and
treatment from the jail to the
community. This new program
is geared towards decreasing an
inmate’s risk of reoffending by
addressing the factors that con-
tributed to their initial offense.
The Lane County Jail is thrilled
to be able to offer these services
to inmates both within the facil-
ity, and as part of multiple part-
nerships with reentry services
out in the community.
Dr. Fuhrman
Hypertension
Many people believe that it is normal for blood pressure
to rise as we age, but this is not true. Cultures whose diet
does not contain excessive added fats, animal protein and salt,
and is high in fresh, whole plant foods do not experience the
age-related increase in blood pressure that we see in the West-
ern world. These age-related elevations in blood pressure are
not related to age itself – instead they are due to the cumulative
destructive effects of a poor diet and insuffi cient exercise on
the circulatory system over years and years.
Hypertension (blood pressure of 140/90 or higher) is on the
rise – between 1996 and 2006, hypertension prevalence in the
U.S. increased by 20 percent. In 2011, the National Longi-
tudinal Study of Adolescent Health reported that 19 percent
of young adults (24 to 32 years old) have hypertension. Plus,
more than half of these individuals were unaware that they had
high blood pressure. This is markedly higher than previous es-
timates. This will only progress as they continue to harm their
blood vessels with salt and processed food.
Many people in this age group, who were born between
1976 and 1984, have grown up on diets made up primarily
of processed foods and fast food, and this study revealed that
their bodies are already showing signs of the damage. If they
do not change their habits, they will be prescribed medication
that they will have to take for the rest of their lives to control
their blood pressure. How to reduce blood pressure naturally:
Avoid salt. A population-wide 1200 mg/day decrease in
sodium consumption has been estimated to reduce coronary
heart disease cases by 60,000, strokes by 32,000, and heart
attacks by 54,000 each year. Salt infl icts damage unrelated to
blood pressure too.
Avoid added sugars.
Minimize caffeine and alcohol.
Focus preferably on plant protein rather than animal protein.
Get plenty of minerals, phytochemicals and antioxidants by
eating primarily whole plant foods. For example, fl avonoids
from berries have a blood pressure-lowering effect, and nuts
can promote proper blood pressure regulation. Also, a diet
high in fruits and vegetables is consistently associated with
healthy blood pressure levels in observational studies.
Exercise regularly and vigorously.
Follow high nutrient diet and achieve a healthy weight.
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at Cottage Grove Dam late last month.
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nical investigation at Cottage
Grove Dam, which includes
boring into the dam. Cottage
Grove Dam is located on the
Coast Fork of the Willamette
River south of Eugene, Ore.
The work is part of a larger
geotechnical assessment where
data from the borings will pro-
vide information on the physical
properties of the dam. The team
will then use the data to study
how the dam will perform under
various conditions.
"We're conducting this in-
vestigation in conjunction with
our routine dam safety program,
which includes inspections, per-
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assessments," said Ross Hiner,
Portland District Dam Safety
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of investigations improve our
understanding of the risk at our
dams," he said. "This (drilling)
activity is not going to impact
the integrity of the dam."
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