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Council questions county jail per‑diem, seeks inmate-day counts as county seeks higher rates
Summary
Council members pressed city staff on the $99 daily per‑inmate charge the county billed for Cleveland inmates, asked for a day-count reconciliation and raised alarms that a county proposal of about $175–$178 would exceed the city’s 2025 budgeted amount.
Council members pressed the administration for detail on the city’s contract and payments to the county for housing Cleveland inmates, after staff said the city had budgeted $3 million in 2025 for a $99-per-day per‑inmate contract.
Lisa Scafidi, the house-of-corrections liaison and jail manager, told the council the city paid an unaudited $3,000,000 last year and that the county’s current per‑day charge to the city is $99. Scafidi said the county contract allows the county to request a 2% increase some years; the administration said the county had not exercised that increase in recent years.
Council members asked for two specific pieces of data:…
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