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| Butler County to Bus in Inmate-Workers |
| By kansas.com/news |
| Published: 06/16/2009 |
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Butler County to Bus in Inmate-Workers By Dion Lefler The Wichita Eagle ANDOVER - WINFIELD TO BUTLER CO. The state took away Butler County's convict laborers, so the county is setting up a bus line to bring them back. The county government plans to drive as many as 40 prisoners to and from work four days a week in the county, its cities and a state park. The unusual arrangement stems from state budget cuts that closed the minimum-security wing at El Dorado Correctional Facility and transferred the inmates to a prison at Winfield. Losing access to the prison workers -- who are paid $1.05 a day -- would have cost state and local government in Butler County the equivalent of about $1 million a year in labor, officials said. "All the (local government) parties are extremely happy we're not going to lose that labor force," said Butler County Commissioner Randy Waldorf. "It would have been a huge hit for us." County officials outlined their plan to bus in prisoners during a Central Plains Quad-County planning forum Monday in Andover. The meetings, held quarterly, bring together elected and staff officials from Sedgwick, Butler, Harvey and Reno counties to discuss issues of mutual interest.Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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