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Sheriff asks for $656,000 to cover rising detention costs, cites new pretrial rules and medical bills
Summary
Beaufort County sheriff requested and the board approved a roughly $656,000 budget amendment to cover higher-than-expected inmate meals, out-of-county safekeeping and medical expenses. The sheriff and others cited recent pretrial-release law changes and high medical costs as drivers.
The Beaufort County Sheriff asked the board to approve a budget amendment of about $656,000 to cover detention-center operating shortfalls, saying the jails average daily population and medical costs have risen sharply in recent months.
The sheriff said a combination of factors drove the increase: recent changes in pretrial-release decision-making (referenced in the meeting as "Arena's Law"), which he said requires judicial officials to weigh…
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