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Corrections director outlines jail budget increases tied to medical contract; proposes tech upgrades and staffing hold
Summary
Cowlitz County Corrections Director Marin Fox presented a jail budget that includes a large increase for inmate medical services, offset in part by a $400,000 state reimbursement for MAT/MOUD, and described recent operational changes including inmate ID wristbands and plans to pilot biometric cell monitors funded partly by the county risk pool.
Cowlitz County's director of corrections summarized proposed changes to jail, offender services and concessions budgets, saying the largest driver of an overall increase is an increase in the jail medical contract. Marin Fox told the Board of Commissioners that staff trimmed a number of line items where possible but that medical costs are the primary upward pressure.
Fox said food and drugs budget lines were reduced by $50,000 each, and small tools and professional services were trimmed. Travel and training costs were held steady in part because many of the trainings are required (academy tuition,…
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