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| No State Money For Expanding County Jail |
| By thenewstribune.com |
| Published: 08/12/2010 |
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CONNELL -- As hundreds more prison inmates have arrived this year at Coyote Ridge Corrections Center in Connell, Franklin County officials have seen an abrupt increase in county costs. At the same time, they have yet to see one dime from the state to reimburse the county for costs related to the 2008 expansion, which added a 2,048-bed medium-security section to the 600-bed minimum-security facility. Additional costs primarily are hitting the county's law enforcement budget, including the courts, prosecutor and clerk's offices. And those costs only are expected to increase as the state continues to transfer inmates to Coyote Ridge from other prisons in and out of the state. The prison had 1,937 inmates last week, and by the end of the year is expected to be near its capacity of 2,648 prisoners. Read More. |
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