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Detention director says state funding lags as House bill fails to restore jail premiums
Summary
Hardin County Detention Center Director Josh Limbble told the county fiscal court that state funding to house state prisoners remains far below actual costs, and that House Bill 557 did not deliver the premium increase counties sought, though some programming and medical-cost provisions were advanced.
Josh Limbble, director of the Hardin County Detention Center, told the fiscal court on April 14 that the county continues to receive far less from the state for housing state prisoners than the actual cost of care. "We get $35.34 a day" for state prisoners, Limbble said, while he cited the state’s own recent figure of about $122 per day as the cost to house a prisoner in state facilities.
The discrepancy has strained the county’s budget, Limbble said, and a legislative push in House Bill 557 to increase the daily premium failed to secure the change lawmakers had hoped for. "House Bill 557 is pretty disappointing," he said, adding that a…
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