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(A) The Quorum Court hereby finds that the daily average jail housing cost shall be $45 for room and board for each prisoner in the county jail. A DAY is defined to be immediately upon booking and then each 24-hour period thereafter.
(B) When each jail prisoner is delivered to court, the Sheriff or Sheriff’s Designee shall provide to the Prosecuting Attorney an invoice for the expenses in carrying the prisoner to jail and also for the prisoner’s support from the day of his or her initial incarceration and for the whole time he or she remained there, so that the Judge can hear the detainee’s side of the story regarding the imposition of the “Pay for Stay Ordinance” expenses as an additional element of cost to be assessed as part of the judgment upon conviction and reduce the assessed amount to judgment, as per A.C. § 12-41-505.
(C) Once the collectible expenses have been reduced to judgment, they shall be collected in the same manner as fines and court costs are collected, and the property of the detainee shall be subject to the payment of such expenses in accordance with A.C. § 12-41-505.
(D) The appropriate offices that handle such matters shall create a line item in the County Sheriff’s office jail revenue budget to address monies received under this section. The line item shall be entitled “Other Jail Sundry.”
(E) Revenues derived from the additional fines levied under this section shall not offset or reduce funding from other sources for the maintenance, operation, and capital expenditures of the county jail.
(Ord. 2005-5, passed 8-8-05)
(A) Upon intake into the County Detention Center the prisoners’ money will be deposited into the inmates commissary account.
(B) As long as the inmate has a positive account balance he/she will be allowed to purchase merchandise from the inmate commissary.
(C) All monies received from the sales commission under this section shall be placed into the Sheriff’s Office Jail Revenue Budget.
(D) Revenues derived from monies received under this section shall not offset or reduce funding from other sources for the maintenance, operation, and capital expenditures of the County Detention Center.
(E) Due to the continued increasing costs of the incarceration of prisoners and the reduced monies available to cities and counties for the housing of prisoners, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this section shall be in full force and effect immediately upon passage.
(Ord. 2006-1, passed 2-13-06)
(A) All prisoners upon intake into the County Detention Center shall be required to pay a $3 fee for personal hygiene items furnished to them.
(B) All prisoners in the County Detention Center shall be required to pay a $20 co-pay fee for any prisoner-initiated medical services. The services shall include, but are not limited to, seeing a doctor, nurse, dentist and the like.
(C) All prisoners in the County Detention Center shall be required to pay a $3 co-pay fee for any prescription received as a result of a nurse, doctor, or dentist visit, and filled by the Sheriff’s Office.
(D) A commissary account, currently established at the County Detention Center for each prisoner, shall have the above fees deducted when the prisoner is initially processed into the detention center or anytime any prisoner-initiated health care service is requested.
(E) In the event the prisoner lacks sufficient funds in his/her commissary account to pay for the above service(s), the prisoner shall not be denied access to health care based on his/her inability to pay or for any other reason. The prisoner will, however have an outstanding balance in their commissary account with the County Detention Center that will be subject to payment, and at any time the prisoner returns to the County Detention Center such debt will be deducted from his/her commissary account.
(F) All monies received under this section shall be placed into the Sheriff’s Office Jail Revenue budget.
(G) Revenues derived from fees received under this section shall not offset or reduce funding from other sources for the maintenance, operation, and capital expenditures of the County Detention Center.
(H) Due to the continued increasing costs of the incarceration of prisoners and the reduced monies available or cities and counties for the housing of prisoners, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this section shall be in full force and effect immediately upon passage.
(Ord. 2006-2, passed 2-13-06)
PUBLIC DEFENDER
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