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| Sheriffs look for funding to take more prisoners |
| By chicagotribune.com- Carrie Napoleon |
| Published: 02/04/2015 |
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As the role of a county jail evolves into more than a prison to a mental and medical health provider for the incarcerated, paying for the ever-growing costs associated with that care has become a problem for sheriffs across the state. And with recent changes in legislation last year that forced county jails and community corrections programs to house low-level state offenders instead of sending them to the Indiana Department of Correction an anticipated influx of as many as 14,000 new inmates, many with special mental health needs, has sheriffs looking for more funding from the state to help pay for those costs. Lake County Sheriff John Buncich can feel the financial pinch more than most in the state. He also is being forced by the federal government to make expansive improvements to the jail's existing mental and medical health facilities. Read More. |
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