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Rock County board creates jail inmate-cost ordinance and sets daily rate at $135.95
Summary
The Rock County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 9, 2025 adopted an ordinance giving the county the authority to set inmate charges and approved a resolution fixing the per‑day cost of incarceration at $135.95; officials said fees will be limited to sentenced inmates and collecting the money will be difficult in many cases.
Rock County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 9, 2025 adopted a new county ordinance to allow the sheriff’s office to charge certain costs for incarcerating sentenced inmates and then approved a separate resolution setting the county’s per‑day cost of maintaining a prisoner at $135.95.
Board members approved creation of “chapter 3 part 9” of the Rock County Code of Ordinances, described in the meeting as “Jail Inmate Cost,” and later voted to set the daily rate that the ordinance authorizes. The ordinance was presented as a response to state authority and was described as effective upon publication.
County officials said the measure is intended to let the sheriff recoup nominal fees such as booking, transportation, drug testing and electronic‑monitoring charges for sentenced inmates. Court counsel cautioned that, while the county can bill for costs, actual recovery will be limited because many people who become incarcerated lack assets or steady income.
“The reality is not…
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