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| City inmate census rising at jail |
| By neshobademocrat.com- Debbie Burt Myers |
| Published: 04/09/2014 |
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With 209 city inmates serving 824 days in the county jail during March alone, the Board of Supervisors took action Monday to notify the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of their intent to amend or modify their inter-local governmental agreement in the new fiscal year to reflect a possible increase in fees to house city prisoners. The city currently pays the county a flat annual rate of $110,000 to house city prisoners in addition to the sheriff's bond approval service fee of $25 per city prisoner. While supervisors consider $20 a day a benchmark cost to house and feed a prisoner each day in the jail, the actual cost incurred is about $31 or $32 a day, they said. Read More. |
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