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| Counties sue state over inmate costs |
| By The McCreary Record |
| Published: 11/11/2008 |
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KENTUCKY - Kentucky’s County Judge/Executives have sued the Commonwealth of Kentucky seeking funding for housing state inmates in their jails before they’re tried and convicted. The Kentucky County Judge/Executives Association and 110 fiscal courts filed the suit Friday in Franklin Circuit Court. The suit names the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the Justice Cabinet, the Finance Administration and the General Assembly as defendants. It seeks to force the state to pay for the time prisoners are housed in jails before they are sentenced. Presently, the state picks up the tab for state felons only from the time of sentencing. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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