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Oversight board approves $25 monthly stipend from inmate welfare fund for eligible detainees
Summary
The board approved using the inmate welfare fund to deposit $25 per month into trust accounts for incarcerated people who have been housed more than 15 days; staff projected an annual cost of roughly $375,000 and said the fund balance exceeds $4 million.
Delaware County's Jail Oversight Board voted to authorize monthly deposits of $25 from the inmate welfare fund into each eligible incarcerated person's trust account.
Under the approved plan, the deposit will occur on the second Wednesday of each month for incarcerated people who have been housed at the George W. Hill facility for more than 15 days. Executive Director O'Malley presented the policy and said the money would go directly…
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