New county jails opening throughout Kansas in recent years are putting a strain on Allen County taxpayers.
In 2004 when the $2.8 million Allen County jail was built with revenue bond funding, the intention was to pay for the construction by housing out-of-county criminals at a rate of $40 per day per inmate.
But with the expansion of the Anderson, Neosho and Wilson County jails coupled with tight county budgets, Allen County Sheriff Thomas Williams has watched those dollars trickle away.
With yearly bond obligations hovering around $220,000 through 2023, a lack of…
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