Daily Herald - County jails may get more money for state prisoners

In May, June, and August I blogged about the soaring costs of housing state inmates in County Jails. The rebuke to State, as it applies to Davis County, is that the County provides beds State inmates and is only reimbursed about half of the total cost. (Don't be fooled by the 70% reimbursement figure. The State only reimburses 70% of 70% of the total cost. Doing the math, the amount reimbursed is 50%. Talk about creative accounting!)

Now a Bill is heading to the House that would increase the rate of reimbursement, accounting for expenses like the cost of the buildings. It would still not take into account the medical expenses, which I've blogged about previously.


Daily Herald - County jails may get more money for state prisoners