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Oswego County combating jail overcrowding with technology |
By innovationtrail.org- Gino Geruntino |
Published: 04/17/2014 |
The Oswego County Jail's inmate population has grown over the past four years, and has forced Oswego County to send inmates elsewhere to be housed. County officials sat at least some of the blame lies with the state. In this year's budget, Oswego County Sheriff Reuel Todd says he allotted $100,000 to cover the costs of housing inmates at outside facilities. But two months into the new year, Todd had already used $130,000 and is now requesting more funding. In recent years, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has pushed for the closure of state prisons, citing an inmate population decline of more than 17,000 since 1999. Four additional prisons will close later this year. Among them are three medium security prisons; Butler in Wayne County, Chateaugay in Franklin County and Mount McGregor in Saratoga County; and one minimum-security prison, Monterey Shock in Schuyler County. Read More. |
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