Washington County Jail administrator makes case for increasing wages

Washington County Jail administrator makes case for increasing wages

Photo by Katherine Emery for The Maine Monitor.MACHIAS — Washington County Jail Administrator Capt. Rich Rolfe held nothing back Tuesday when he urged the county’s Budget Advisory Committee to recognize the dedication of jail employees who have compensated for years of “aging infrastructure, inadequate funding, staffing pressures and an increasingly distorted wage structure.” Rolfe was the latest county department head to present a budget reques…