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Detention center and sheriff cite mandates, inmate health costs and lost phone revenue as budget drivers
Summary
Detention center and sheriff's office officials described federal and state mandates, increasing inmate healthcare and dietary contracts, loss of inmate phone commissions, and costs tied to holding state‑committed patients as drivers of requested increases in their FY26 budgets.
Detention center and sheriff officials presented budget items tied largely to mandates and contract increases and described several factors pushing costs higher for FY26.
The detention center reported that a federal change barred collecting commissions on inmate telephone calls, removing between $40,000 and $60,000 in annual revenue; renegotiated tablet and messaging systems may produce a small handling fee but revenue is uncertain. The detention administrator adjusted inmate fund revenue projections downward and estimated the…
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