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County to consider a 5% increase in DOC per-diem on consent agenda; staff discuss operational limits
Summary
Corrections director said an existing contract with the Washington State Department of Corrections will go to the consent agenda with a 5% per-diem increase to $114.49; staff discussed low usage and reasons some counties decline DOC transfers.
Ryn Fox, the county director of corrections, told the board that a contract amendment with the Washington State Department of Corrections will appear on the consent agenda and increases the daily per-diem paid by the state by 5% to $114.49.
“We've had this contract in place for very many years, 20 plus, to hold their — what would be commonly understood as parole violators,” Fox said, describing the long-standing arrangement. Fox said the state’s annual built-in price increase is the reason for the 5% raise…
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