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Tippecanoe County Council OKs $426,000 to House Juveniles as SB1 Raises Costs
Summary
Magistrate Sarah Wyatt told the County Council that changes under Senate Bill 1 require Tippecanoe County to send juveniles charged as adults to out-of-county detention centers; the council approved a $426,000 appropriation to cover current placements and anticipated cases.
Tippecanoe County Council on June 10 approved an additional appropriation of $426,000 to cover the county’s costs for housing juveniles charged as adults after a change in state law.
Magistrate Sarah Wyatt told the council that under a change in Indiana law, juveniles charged as adults can no longer be held in the county jail and must be placed in juvenile detention centers outside Tippecanoe County. "We don't have one here in Tippecanoe County, so we have to send them to out of county facilities," Wyatt said, adding that placements vary widely in cost and location.
Wyatt said about $326,000 of the…
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