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Sheriff seeks more medical staff as federal inmate housing rises; warns revenue estimates vary
Summary
Sheriff’s office reported growing federal inmate housing revenue and asked for additional medical staff and nursing hours in the jail budget after saying medical needs and transports have risen; staff also warned that state DOC reimbursements are delayed and the county’s jail revenue estimates should be monitored.
Sheriff’s office leaders told the council the county is housing dozens of federal inmates, generating substantial revenue, and that the jail’s medical workload has increased enough to justify additional medical staff.
Sheriff staff said the county was housing roughly 48–56 federal inmates at a time earlier in the year and reported 55 federal inmates on the day of the budget review. Federal incarceration has become an important revenue source for the jail; the sheriff said the county had…
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