Carbon County Correctional Facility is in full compliance with the state.

Warden Timothy Fritz told the county prison board on Wednesday that he received preliminary notice from the state Department of Corrections that the jail is in full compliance operationally.Inspectors went through the prison late last year to inspect operations."We had a few things that needed to get caught up," Fritz said, noting that the inspectors gave the prison 20 days to update policies that were not in compliance. "We should get a formal letter and report sometime in the near future."Prison Board President Anthony Harvilla, county sheriff, commended Fritz and the staff at the prison for their efforts.The rest of the board echoed Harvilla's sentiments, saying, "Great job."Fritz said it starts with the corrections officers and goes all the way to the prison board when it comes to operating the facility."It's our corrections officers who put in the hours. It starts with them," he said. "And comes all the way up to prison administration and the prison board, who took action two years ago to put a drug and alcohol counselor in the prison at no cost to the taxpayers. That was one of the pieces we were missing here to be in full compliance. It takes a full effort."Fritz also noted that all five sergeants, the deputy warden and two nurses have completed their training on using naloxone, and the prison is able to administer the spray in the case of an overdose at the facility.In other matters, Charles Neff, prison maintenance supervisor, updated the board on two issues - the well pump and the radio interference.He said that the well pump shut off multiple times during the heavy rains earlier this week and was pushing a lot of electricity.This has been a problem for a few months.Last month, Neff said that the pump, which supplies water to the prison, shut off and would not restart, noting that the amperage going to the pump was double the normal operational amperage.The higher amps strain the motor and could burn it out.The same issue happened this week, and Neff said he believed the problem to be due to the conduits and wires not being fully sealed and water getting into it.The board asked Neff to seal the conduits and see if this helps resolve the issue.Regarding the radio interference, Neff said that a source for the overriding problem has not been found. The problem was first reported last month.A representative from Schuylkill Electronics was in to check and said everything was fine. He also checked with the Federal Communications Commission to see if anyone got a new license that could override the prison's signal but that was not the case.In addition, the prison borrowed a digital radio to see if it was picking up a signal that could be overriding the prison radios, but nothing was heard."We're all kind of stumped," Fritz said, noting that the last few times the overriding signal happened was in the mornings, but then nothing after that.He said that for the most part, it doesn't interfere with everyday radio chatter between the officers."It's more of an annoyance, almost like there is an open microphone here," Fritz said.The prison will continue to monitor the situation to see if something can be found.