Committee seeks $15 million from DOC reversion to raise jail reimbursement rate
Chairman Briggs asked the committee to send a letter to the Finance Committee recommending $15 million of a $57 million Department of Corrections reversion be moved to the state prosecution fund to raise the per-diem reimbursement for local jails from $41 to $44 per inmate.
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The Tennessee Senate State and Local Government Committee voted to prepare a letter to the Finance Committee asking that $15 million of $57 million reverted by the Department of Corrections be allocated to the state prosecution fund to increase the daily reimbursement paid to local facilities that hold state inmates.
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