Despite an inmate's claim that the Grant County Jail was deficient on providing medical care to those housed there, public records indicate that the jail exceeds federal standards. Further, improvements at the new jail facility, pictured, will allow Grant County Sheriff's Office staff to provide further improved care to inmates.
August 7, 2025
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Grant Co. Jail health care exceeds standard, despite inmate’s claim
EPHRATA – The Columbia Basin Herald received a letter from a previous inmate at the Grant County Jail, Wayne Symmonds, who expressed concerns around the medical care he has received alongside concerns that several inmates have died during his stay. “This medical at this jail is no help,” Symmonds wrote. “I am afraid I am going to die at this county jail from infection in my body. There was a guy three months ago who had infection going (through) his body and medical was no help to that guy as well. That was how come he die at this jail.”