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| POUGHKEEPSIE – The Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office needs an additional $1.6 million to pay for the housing out of inmates. The county jail is old and too small to accommodate the number of prisoners held in the Poughkeepsie facility. County lawmakers will approve $1.6 million to cover the cost, but jail Administrator George Krom couldn’t promise them that would be the last time he comes back for money before the end of the year.“Just like last year and the year before, I know you don’t want to over give me money,” he told the Public Safety Committee. “I may come back for some money, I don’t know; it depends on the population.” As of last Thursday, the housed out population was 181 inmates. The highest housed out population was 183.
The legislature is also set to appropriate $1 million for sheriff’s department overtime. |
Doxsey writes: This was a Priority for the past years, yet nothing is being done to correct the problem. We are pouring Dollars after Dollars to other Counties, the time to stop was long ago. Still to this day not 1 viable plan has passed. Many have been introduced, the Super Majority GOP fails again and again. We’ll just have to wait for a new regime? Sad, very sad indeed. Will the new Executive be an arm of the existing?
Town of Poughkeepsie Democrats
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