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| Jail ponders switch |
| By M. Dirk Langeveld - Sun Journal |
| Published: 02/27/2009 |
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PARIS - Jail officials say a proposal to change the Oxford County Jail to a 72-hour holding facility could result in savings but also layoffs. State and county officials are considering changing the jail function to only holding people in the first three days after their arrest. The jail is rated to hold 44 inmates and houses people who are unable to make bail, prisoners sentenced to misdemeanor crimes or prisoners ordered to serve nine months or less in jail. Sheriff Wayne Gallant said the proposal, which is still under negotiation, is an improvement over a prior state consolidation plan that would have closed the Oxford County Jail. "I'm optimistic that it's eventually going to work," Gallant said. "I'm disappointed that we're going to lose some people out of this." Gallant said a 72-hour holding facility would retain most of the jobs and have no major impact on local police departments. A final decision on how each of the state's jails will operate is expected next month. According to state figures, 80 percent of the pretrial admissions to the jail were released within 72 hours and would represent an average daily population of four inmates. People unable to make bail within that time or sentenced for crimes would be transported to jails in Androscoggin and Cumberland counties. Changes to the operation of the jail would include reducing kitchen services and catering meals; doing away with outfits for inmates; and cutting medical costs. Capt. Ernest Martin, the jail administrator, said there could be a potential savings of $160,000 to $200,000 between medical and food costs. Some costs would increase, including transporting inmates and funding a full-time pretrial case worker. Gallant said he believes a 72-hour facility would come in under the state cap of $1.2 million.Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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