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Benton County OKs 28E agreement to house Polk County inmates at $60 per day
Summary
The Benton County Board of Supervisors approved Resolution 25-56 to enter a 28E agreement to house up to 10 Polk County inmates at $60 per inmate per day; Polk County will provide transport and the board expects modest revenue and a small rise in local jail population.
Benton County’s Board of Supervisors voted to approve Resolution 25-56, authorizing a 28E intergovernmental agreement to house up to 10 Polk County inmates at Benton County’s jail at a rate of $60 per inmate per day.
The agreement, the board said, allows Polk County to pay Benton County for overflow housing when needed; Polk County will handle inmate transport. "We have a 28E agreement in place with Polk County to house up to 10 of their inmates for them at $60 per day," a county official said during the meeting. "It just depends on how much overflow they have, whether they'll ask us to house them. So it's another way to generate revenue, and we can boost our jail population a little bit."
Why it matters: The measure provides the county with additional revenue when the jail is used for out‑of‑county inmates and increases the facility’s population ceiling by up to roughly 10 inmates when Polk County requests placement. County staff estimated the local population would increase from about 25 to roughly 35 if those beds were filled.
Board members discussed logistics and past practices for housing nonresident inmates. The board confirmed Polk County will arrange transfer of inmates to Benton County. "They're gonna do all the transport. Perfect. Everything? Yep. Perfect," a supervisor said during the discussion.
The board moved and seconded the resolution and recorded affirmative votes. The motion passed.
No new local staffing commitments or capital projects were announced at the meeting; the agreement is structured as a service contract for overflow capacity rather than as an expansion of the jail. The county noted it currently houses federal inmates and has used other counties in the past for overflow arrangements.
