Maj. Brandi Garner named interim CEO at the Oklahoma County jail

Oklahoma County’s jail belief has named Maj. Brandi Garner interim CEO of the county jail.

She succeeds Gregg Williams, who final week introduced he would resign after practically three years as the administrator of the troubled county jail. Garner will serve alongside Williams by means of his final day on Jan. 19, 2023.

Williams, 62, was named administrator of the growing older 13-story facility simply greater than three years in the past amid hopes of bettering its operations.

Instead, the jail has been tormented by greater than 35 inmate deaths, a hostage scenario, mattress bug points and failed well being inspections since Williams and the belief took over jail operations from the Oklahoma County sheriff on July 1, 2020.

The jail’s operations even have caught the consideration of the state multicounty grand jury, the place 5 of 9 jail trustees testified in November, with a particular prosecutor advising the grand jury attending belief conferences.  

Garner has served as the jail’s safety director since January, offering direct supervision of 4 captains and oblique accountability for greater than 300 staff.

Jail belief Chair Jim Couch stated Garner would deliver “new ideas and new energy to the organization.”

“Maj. Garner is the ideal person to build on the progress the Jail Trust and the staff in the detention center have accomplished in recent years,” Couch said in a statement. “She has developed a positive rapport within and outside of the facility and has spearheaded many critical improvements. Most recently, she helped increase recreation time for detainees.”