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| County may charge for city inmates |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 08/28/2006 |
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SEDGWICK COUNTY, KS - Sedgwick County soon will consider imposing fees on cities -- including Wichita -- for housing their inmates in the county jail. The fees would be intended to control admissions and reduce crowding. Local officials may decide that issuing someone a ticket is more appropriate for certain offenses that currently result in jail time. "It has the effect of causing everyone to think about why they're jailing an inmate," said County Commissioner Dave Unruh, who raised the issue at a recent staff meeting. "The practical effect is, it changes the way folks do business." Unruh said the county will open a discussion about the matter with its Criminal Justice Coordinating Council. By the end of the year, it would try to have a good idea of whether to proceed with the plan, and come up with a formula for the fees. "We have to take every opportunity we can, use every tool we have, to try to control admissions to the jail," Unruh said...Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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