Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Kane County cuts jail costs, overcrowding ::

Here are some cost comparisons for our Boone County Jail.  Will the Boone County Board use any such comparisons in their upcoming budget meetings?

[this year] That figure includes the $60 per day it [Kane County] pays to Kendall County to hold its inmates and the costs to transport those inmates to and from court appearances.

since July 2, about 25 inmates have been released from the jail on lower bonds or electronic home monitoring, according to the state's attorney's office. Those released inmates freed up valuable bed space and possibly saved the department money. For example, the 29 days that Pierre Harris spent in jail cost the county about $2,088 -- about $72 a day.

Click on the following for more of the story:  Kane County cuts jail costs, overcrowding :: The Courier News :: Local News

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