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Pinching jail pennies.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 31-AUG-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Pinching jail pennies.(Editorials)(The county should give its inmate-fee plan a try)(Editorial)

Article Excerpt
Byline: The Register-Guard

Lane County Sheriff Russ Burger's proposal to charge jail inmates for housing and medical services is worth pursuing, even though it's likely to produce a higher yield in public relations than in revenues for the county's desperately underfunded sheriff's department.

Under Burger's proposal, Lane County would follow the lead of at least eight other Oregon counties that attempt to recover a portion of incarceration costs from inmates who have been convicted and sentenced. Tentative plans call for charging inmates a $10 daily housing fee,...

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