Oklahoma city wants to use county’s jail
Tahlequah, Okla., officials hope that an arrangement with surrounding Cherokee County will allow them to close the troubled city jail and house municipal prisoners in a new county facility. The city is willing to pay
Tahlequah, Okla., officials hope that an arrangement with surrounding Cherokee County will allow them to close the troubled city jail and house municipal prisoners in a new county facility. The city is willing to pay $33 a day for the county to house its prisoners in the new county jail rather than pay $80,000 more to continue to operate its own aging jail, according to Tulsa World. Cherokee County Sheriff Norman Fisher says he would prefer to wait about a year to see how the new jail runs before taking on additional prisoners.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/NewsStory.asp?ID=061113_Ne_A13_Newja9491
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