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Adams County commissioners back $15,000 request for juvenile monitoring after state cut to DOC funding
Summary
Adams County commissioners voted to ask the county council next month for an additional $15,000 to cover indigence costs for electronic monitoring after a Department of Correction funding cut.
Adams County commissioners voted to ask the county council next month for an additional $15,000 to cover indigence costs for the county’s electronic monitoring program, after the Indiana Department of Correction trimmed community-corrections funding by about $24,000, a cut county staff said is roughly 8% of local DOC funding.
The request came during a July meeting when Ian (Community Corrections director) told commissioners the department began the year with $10,000 in an indigence line and has already monitored seven juveniles for a total of 588 monitoring days and eight adults so far this year. "We only…
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