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Commissioners review DOC contract renewal as jail staffing and costs draw scrutiny
Summary
County staff presented a draft renewal of the Department of Corrections contract to continue housing DOC inmates in the county jail; commissioners asked staff to analyze fiscal impacts, cancellation timing and alternatives and requested a follow-up in a few weeks. No formal vote was taken.
County staff presented a draft renewal of the Washington State Department of Corrections contract to the Mason County Board of Commissioners and said DOC has applied the statutory 3% annual rate increase allowed in the contract. Staff said DOC has resumed running hearings in the jail and the county has been accepting DOC violators and people on secretary's warrants. "By law, they can only increase 3% a year, and that's what they've done on the chart here," a staff…
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