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Commissioners authorize sheriff to set daily inmate cost figure to maximize state reimbursement
Summary
The board adopted Resolution No. 226 authorizing the sheriff to establish a daily cost rate used to seek maximum reimbursement from the Kansas Department of Corrections after staff reported Johnson County’s 2024 cost per inmate per day was $229.12 compared with KDOC’s maximum reimbursement of $112.82.
Johnson County commissioners unanimously adopted Resolution No. 226 authorizing the sheriff to establish an appropriate daily rate of compensation for housing and maintenance of prisoners from the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC).
Sheriff’s staff explained KDOC sets a maximum reimbursement ceiling ($112.82 per inmate per day, as stated in the…
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