The Rogers County Sheriff wants municipal inmates to pay $41.60 per day they’re in his jail.
Sheriff Scott Walton said they’re missing the revenue they used to get for housing state inmates.
"We struggle to make up those shortfalls, and whatever we can do to offset the costs of running the jail is something we need to constantly be looking at," Walton said. "This is one of those."
The sheriff’s office estimates the fee will generate up to $28,000 a year if it’s approved, taking into consideration not every inmate would pay up.
"It'd be unrealistic to think we could recoup 100 percent, but I also believe — as we do in other types of incarceration fee collections — that we can have a majority of a success," Walton said.
Walton’s proposal defines a municipal inmate as one held exclusively on municipal charges. County commissioners tabled the matter this week.
