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Visiting county commissioner urges state to boost jail funding, cites $20.4M current allocation
Summary
Andre Cushing, a Dauphin County commissioner, told Somerset commissioners the state's county jail funding has not kept pace with costs and urged pursuit of legislation to raise state support toward 20% of jail costs; he said a recent bill provided $4 million but broader benchmark language was removed.
Andre Cushing, a Dauphin County commissioner visiting Somerset, told the county board that county jail costs have risen sharply and that state support has lagged.
Cushing said the state has provided about $20,400,000 to county jails since 2001 and that county jails now face a combined cost figure he placed at roughly $139,000,000 for…
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