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Class C violators soaking up Corsicana jail beds

Corsicana's not a big place, but residents of that East Texas town sat in jail last year for more than 3,000 person-days after being arrested for Class C misdemeanor violations, according to the Corsicana Sun:Kathy Hollomon, county auditor, shared figures Friday indicating jailing city prisoners cost the county $186,385 in 2009. The county stated it kept Class C prisoners for 3,085 ?jail days? last year. The cost per day in 2009 for housing a prisoner was estimated by the auditor to be $60.95 per day.?We just wanted to get these figures out to the public, so they would know what it?s costing us,? said H.M. Davenport Jr., county judge.Corsicana estimated the number of prisoners would be about 600 prisoners for 2,100 ?jail days,? based on rough estimates of a four-month period this fiscal year...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 16, 2010 (boomark / email).