COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Branch County Undersheriff Keith Eichler says six female prisoners had to be transferred to the Lenawee County Jail Saturday morning in order to relieve the overcrowding of females at the Branch County Jail.
As of midnight Sunday, there were 21 females of the 130 Branch County Jail inmates.
The jail has a rated capacity of 142 prisoners. The capacity level for the female section is 22 inmates.
There were 109 male inmates at the Branch County Jail as of midnight Sunday night.
Perhaps a second straight weekend of bad weather had something to do with it but it was a relatively quiet weekend at the jail. No inmates were booked Saturday and only four inmates were booked Sunday.
