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Board approves one-year female inmate housing agreements with Merrimack and Carroll counties
Summary
Rockingham County approved a one-year agreement to house female inmates with Merrimack County and Carroll County Departments of Corrections beginning July 1, 2025; contract terms and price components were discussed in relation to medical and methadone care.
The Rockingham County Board of Commissioners approved a female inmate housing agreement with Merrimack County Department of Corrections and Carroll County Department of Corrections for a one‑year term beginning July 1, 2025.
The motion, read by county staff and recommended by the superintendent, described the agreement term beginning 07/01/2025 for one year. Commissioners discussed operational reasons for keeping placements to a small number of facilities, including family access for visits, transport efficiencies for the sheriff's department, access to 24‑hour medical care, and support for treatment programs (for example, methadone availability). County staff said Merrimack and Carroll are used because they are able to take female inmates and because those facilities more often provide needed services, such as 24‑hour medical care or methadone handling.
Commissioners voted to approve the agreement; commissioners present recorded yes votes in support of the motion.
County staff noted that medical billing and specialized care needs drive some placement decisions, that some facilities are preferred for programmatic reasons, and that the county is working on mechanisms to allow take‑home methadone distribution in the future. The board recorded the motion as recommended by the superintendent and approved the one‑year arrangement.
The motion included a standard termination provision referenced in discussion (30 days written notice was mentioned in the record). Pricing details were discussed in general terms (one staff member remarked that rates have been largely flat, describing small increases over a long period), but the meeting transcript did not include a specific per‑inmate price in the motion text as read aloud.
