Missouri owes counties $35 million tied to inmates

(Missourinet) A House budget committee hearing on Tuesday at the state Capitol discussed Missouri’s $35 million debt to counties for housing and transporting inmates who eventually go to state prison. Greene County Sheriff Jim Arnott of southwest Missouri says the state owes his county $2.9 million. He tells the committee he has 953 inmates in …

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