Increase in Daily Inmate Rate Will Cost County $200,000

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The Regional Jail Authority's decision to raise the daily rate it charges counties for housing inmates is expected to cost Kanawha County an additional $200,000 in the next fiscal year.

Rising health costs are to blame, and that total equals the amount that county officials were already trying to cut out of their budget to compensate for increased health care costs.

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Increase in Daily Inmate Rate Will Cost County $200,000

"Health care costs are far outpacing all your other expenses,"...

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