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| Counties Want Help Paying To House Felons |
| By kansas.com |
| Published: 11/30/2010 |
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Convicted felons in Kansas used to go to state prisons for their crimes. But some now are serving out their sentences in jails across the state, putting the financial burden for their incarceration on counties. That concerns Sedgwick County Commissioner Karl Peterjohn, who recently pushed for the Kansas Association of Counties to take on the issue in its 2011 legislative platform. "You're basically turning the jails into subsidiaries of the state prison system," Peterjohn said. The association is calling for the state to reimburse counties for the cost of housing felons, to track how many are serving time in jail and to make that number available to the public. Read More. |
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