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Island Jail To Rent Beds
By seattlepi.com
Published: 06/21/2010

The city of Oak Harbor may soon be in the business of importing prisoners from off island.

Oak Harbor Police Chief Rick Wallace brought a contract before the City Council Tuesday that, if approved, would allow the Oak Harbor jail to begin receiving inmates from Anacortes on a daily basis.

The contract with the city of Anacortes proposes to house inmates at a cost of $65 per day. Despite some good-natured grumbling from City Council member Bob Severns, who joked that the price should be higher as Anacortes is raising the rate it charges Oak Harbor for its water, no council members had a problem with the contract.

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