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Jail finance report highlights lower supply costs, shorter inmate stays and talks of cell-mounted monitoring
Summary
County jail staff reported revenue from federal and state grants and that inmate stays are shorter, reducing supply costs; staff said they are evaluating cell-mounted health-monitoring systems and noted the risk and ongoing cost implications before implementation.
Cowlitz County jail staff reported July financials to the Board of Commissioners showing grants and billing from cities for room and board, lower-than-budgeted supply costs and ongoing vacancy-driven personnel savings. The department also discussed options to add health-monitoring systems in cells after a risk-pool presentation at a conference.
Marin (last name not specified), a jail official, told commissioners that intergovernmental revenue for the jail includes federal and state grants, with portions earmarked for a nutrition program and a medication grant to support opioid-use disorder treatment. "A…
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