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New jail administrator reports lower out-of-county housing costs, in-house population at 80% capacity
Summary
Marathon County's new jail administrator reported May 6 that in-house population has risen to 223 (about 80% capacity), the county narrowed out-of-county contracts to Taylor and Waupaca counties to reduce per-inmate costs, and juvenile secured-detention revenue was nearly $96,000 for April.
Lucas Bolden, Marathon County's new jail administrator, told the Public Safety Committee May 6 that the county has reduced reliance on distant contract beds and increased its in-house population to levels recommended by state guidance.
Bolden said the county's detention facility has a maximum capacity of 279 beds but that staffing previously required administrators to limit in-house population to about 180 inmates. He reported that in-house population had increased to 223 inmates, which the state Office of…
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