Photo archive for May 2, 2007
Jeff Wolfe throws the peace sign after winning a car through the Renaissance program. The car was donated by all three new car dealers in town. View photo
Fingerprints are taken as an inmate is booked into the Lyon County Jail. View photo
A trustee works in the kitchen pouring coffee for inmates to have for breakfast. View photo
All inmates have to wear id bracelets and are required to show the bracelets at count. View photo
From left: Kay Perry, Tracy Lindquist, and Kenneth Saffer, plate food in the kitchen for 140 lunches to feed the inmates and staff at the jail. The kitchen staff is responsible for all meals including kosher and diet meals for inmates. View photo
Jail Nurse Sarah Rees checks the blood pressure of an inmate in the nurse's office. View photo
Detention Officer Dan Rosenquist serves breakfast to inmates housed in B Pod at 8:00 a.m. View photo
Johnson County Detention Officer Brugman pats down an inmate before he is booked into the Lyon County Jail. 9 Johnson County inmates where transferred to the Lyon County Jail. View photo
Detention Officer Eula Tate sorts out commissary items inmates have purchased. Items range from hygiene products to snacks. View photo
Attorney Monte Miller speaks with a client in jail with the help of a translator. View photo
Detention Officer Chad Dean helps an inmate into a van to be transported to Topeka for court. View photo
Inmates that have been transfered from the Johnson County Jail sit and wait in booking to be taken to their cells. View photo
A barb is shown that is attached to wires in a taser. The barbs enter the skin but the electrical shock and temporary paralysis is felt before they enter the body. View photo
Detention officers do not carry guns but have tasers if force is necessary to subdue an inmate. In order to carry a taser a detention officer has to have the taser used on them at least once. View photo
Officer Steve Dall escorts an inmate from the jail to a courtroom in an underground tunnel. The tunnel connects the two buildings and is a secure way to transport inmates. View photo
Marianna Omazic, of Jewish Vocational Services, based out of Kansas City, Mo., speaks with a client Friday afternoon about services JVS offers. Omazic is in Emporia twice a month visiting with clients that include assisting immigrants and refugees with various issues. View photo