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County renews jail-release electronic monitoring contract; officials warn of possible cost increases with new law
Summary
Delaware County approved renewal of the Community Corrections jail-release (electronic monitoring) contract. Staff reported program counts and costs; commissioners were briefed that a recent state law change about domestic battery monitoring could increase caseload and costs.
The Delaware County Commissioners approved a renewal of the county’s jail-release/ electronic monitoring contract with Community Corrections on June 2. Community Corrections Director Jane Miranda told commissioners the program monitors pretrial defendants on electronic monitoring and in treatment placements and reported monthly caseload and cost data.
"Once an inmate is on with us in the jail release program, it varies each month. Some months we've had 88 people. I know we've had as high as 148," Miranda said,…
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