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County jail staffing and ICE contracts complicate revenue options, superintendent says
Summary
Sheriffs superintendent Chris Brackett and budget staff told the subcommittee ICE and U.S. Marshals contracts significantly affect jail housing and revenue; Brackett said detainee distribution and classification needs mean removing contracts would not easily cut staffing or costs.
County jail superintendent Chris Brackett told the Revenues and Capital Expenditures Subcommittee that ICE and U.S. Marshals detainees are concentrated in specific housing units and that classification and separation requirements limit the countys ability to downsize staffing if federal contracts end.
Brackett gave unit-level examples: "In Unit B, 12 of the 32 are ICE…
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