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| County jails seek $2.9 million from state to cover shortfall |
| By sunjournal.com |
| Published: 03/16/2017 |
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AUGUSTA — Officials representing eight county jails in Maine that are facing shortfalls have asked the state for $2.9 million in additional annual funding. Law enforcement and corrections officials said the 2015 overhaul of the state's county jail system has failed to fix housing and budgetary issues. Legislators are proposing bills to reform funding, reduce pretrial detention costs, create drug treatment programs and address the cost of jails boarding transferred inmates. Republican Sen. Eric Brakey said his bill would tackle the issue of inmates being incarcerated in county jails longer then the statutory limit of nine months. But a state Department of Corrections official and several members of the Legislature's criminal justice and public safety committee said Wednesday a more comprehensive approach may be needed to handle jail problems. The legislature last April approved a total $14.6 million to county jails for spending from 2015 to 2016. Read More. |
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