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Fiscal Court authorizes inmate work-crew agreement and DOC payment contract; jail staffing and contractor insurance concerns deferred

Simpson County Fiscal Court · March 1, 2026
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Summary

The court approved a Memorandum of Agreement with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for roadside inmate crews and authorized a contract with the Department of Corrections for payment distributions under House Bill 556; Jailer Eric Vaughn raised hiring and contractor-insurance concerns that the court agreed to revisit at the July 5 meeting.

Simpson County Fiscal Court voted June 21 to authorize a Memorandum of Agreement with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to use roadside inmate work crews from July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2024, and separately authorized entering a contract with the Kentucky Department of Corrections to accept jail…

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