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Gibbs said that the state requirements had not been strictly enforced in Rappahannock. “We’ve never come out here and pushed for a cook, or teachers, or rehabilitation personnel, or an LPN pn duty at all times. It’s been mandatory for some time, but we haven’t pushed for it.”

But the State Department of Corrections is “pushing” the requirements now, especially since litigation is still pending in court. “What happened there; why were you sued?” Pete Luke asked.

The inmate who brought suit claimed he was not afforded the kind of treatment he should have been, Gibbs said. “What happened? He didn’t get a nurse when he wanted one?” Luke said.

Gibbs said the grounds for the suit were broad and complicated and he couldn’t elaborate, but he emphasized again that the Department of Corrections wants to be able to show that improvements have been made in the state system when they go back before Federal Judge Merhige.

Several Supervisors wondered out loud if State Troopers couldn’t be used to help transport the prisoners from the proposed lock-up in Rappahannock to the state approved jail in Fauquier.

John Walker Jenkins didn’t think that would work at all. “The Troopers that work Rappahannock also work Shenandoah and Page. What happens if we call one up and get him to transfer a prisoner, and

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