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Some Oklahoma County Jails Facing Financial Crisis
By newson6.com- Lori Fullbright
Published: 08/22/2014

MAYES COUNTY, Oklahoma -

Many county jails across the state are facing a crisis after losing money provided by the Department of Corrections.

The DOC used to house inmates at county jails and paid $27 a day for each one and a lot of jails counted on that money to pay their bills; but the DOC removed all its inmates in April, now many counties are scrambling to find money.

When DOC pulled its inmates from the county jails, it affected the budget of every single county in the state.

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