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Nye County votes to discontinue reliance on ICE detention contract and orders review of related operations
Summary
Following staff briefings that showed the jail fund has been subsidized and that medical services for detainees are not in place, the Nye County commission voted to discontinue use of the ICE detainee contract and directed staff to review all components and costs associated with housing ICE inmates.
The Nye County Board of County Commissioners voted on Nov. 15 to discontinue reliance on its Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention agreement and directed county staff to analyze all activities related to the contract, including personnel, medical services, equipment and facility costs.
Comptroller Helen presented revenue and expenditure trends showing the county had reopened the Tonopah jail when the ICE contract began and that, despite ICE revenue, the county has subsidized jail operations with $4–5 million in…
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