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Sheriffs going to Capitol to fight plan to shift state inmates
By muskogeephoenix.com
Published: 04/21/2014

ADA (AP) — Sheriffs, undersheriffs and county commissioners across Oklahoma are planning a trip to the state Capitol this week to voice their displeasure with plans to remove state inmates from county jails.

New Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Robert Patton has been pushing more inmates into vacant beds at work centers and halfway houses, and has nearly tripled the intake rate of prisoners into state facilities — from about 35 per day to about 100 daily — in an effort to better control the department’s $464 million budget.

But not all sheriffs are happy, as many count on the $27 daily rate paid by the state for housing DOC inmates to keep their jails running. They plan to tell legislators about it Tuesday.

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