The Marion County Justice CenterJASPER, Tenn. – A recent lawsuit concerning the Marion County Jail’s medical director revealed that the county is not in compliance with a state law.
County commissioners are trying to resolve that issue.
“We don’t have a contract [with the jail’s medical director],” County Mayor John Graham said. “We’ve never had one. In my view, we’re in violation [of state law] by not having one.”
Marion County Attorney Billy Gouger said the statute is “pretty clear.”
“If somebody walks into the county mayor’s office tomorrow and says I need a copy of the contract, we don’t have one,” he said. “I think technically that’s where we’re in violation of the statute.”