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| County announces plans for Correctional Institution, Work Release employees |
| By lagrangenews.com- Alicia B. Hill |
| Published: 05/09/2017 |
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LaGRANGE – The Troup County Board of Commissioners held a press conference on Monday to lay out their reasons for deciding to close down the Correctional Institute and Work Release, and announce their plans for the future of both the employees and work release programs. The county’s main reason for closing down the Correctional Institute – and by extension the Work Release – came down to the money that it costs to take care of state inmates, whose costs are only partially covered by the state. “As most of you are aware, Troup County has made a most difficult decision to close our Correctional Institute because for many years we’ve had to supplement the cost of housing state inmates,” said County Commission Chairman Patrick Crews. “Troup County has requested an increase in the daily – per diam – money for housing those inmates. It’s been set at $20 since 1998. This request has fallen on deaf ears. It costs Troup County between $35 and $40 a day to care for these inmates, and we can no longer afford to continue these expenses.” Read More. |
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