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| Maine lawmakers struggle to find funding solution for county jails |
| By sunjournal.com- Scott Thistle |
| Published: 04/24/2015 |
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AUGUSTA — Lawmakers are struggling to find a solution for a looming county jail funding crisis that's being driven in part by a dysfunctional Board of Corrections. The Legislature's Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee on Thursday discussed legislation offered by state Rep. Ricky Long, R-Sherman, that would return control of the jails, along with most of the related costs, to county governments. Long's proposal would gradually ratchet down the amount of funding the state provides to help finance jails, Long said. His bill also eliminates the Board of Corrections and gradually removes a county property tax cap that was put in place under the 2008 law that created the board and a funding scheme that sends about $14.6 million a year from the state to the county. Read More. |
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