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Sheriff outlines jail and care‑campus costs, says local detained population and medical needs pushing budgets up
Summary
Sheriff Brian Duffy told commissioners that local jail and care‑campus costs are rising because of higher‑need detainees, longer hospital stays, and steady local detained populations; he proposed staffing and contract options and asked commissioners to consider opioid settlement funds and intergovernmental contract changes to reduce county costs.
Sheriff Brian Duffy presented the corrections and care‑campus components of the 2026 budget and described several drivers of rising costs: an increase in locally detained inmates with higher medical and behavioral health needs, longer hospital stays for medically complex detainees, and continued federal detainees’ absence or reduction. Duffy said those factors have increased medical, transport and outside‑hospital expenses for the county’s detention operations.
Duffy described changes to the…
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