Wednesday, June 19 2013 4:48 PM EDT2013-06-19 20:48:53 GMT
Do you have a taste for some good ole' south Georgia watermelon? You might have to wait a little bit. Farmers are running about three weeks behind after some crazy spring weather made this one of theirMore >>
Do you have a taste for some good ole' south Georgia watermelon? You might have to wait a little bit.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 4:32 PM EDT2013-06-19 20:32:15 GMT
South Georgia Medical Center is recognized as the number one spine surgery center in the state. Wednesday health officials gathered at the Valdosta hospital for a ceremony to celebrate the recognitionMore >>
South Georgia Medical Center is recognized as the number one spine surgery center in the state. More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 3:46 PM EDT2013-06-19 19:46:09 GMT
A Colquitt County grand jury has indicted two men in a deadly drive by shooting. 23-year-old Derek Rushing and 24-year-old Antonio Williams are charged in the March 5th shooting in which four peopleMore >>
23-year-old Derek Rushing and 24-year-old Antonio Williams are charged in the March 5th shooting in which four people were struck while standing outside a 2nd Street Northwest home. More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 3:26 PM EDT2013-06-19 19:26:33 GMT
We are learning new details about the man who was rescued Tuesday in Ocilla after he became trapped a top of a grain elevator. 36-year-old John Collins of Fitzgerald was repairing a motor one hundredMore >>
36-year-old John Collins of Fitzgerald was repairing a motor one hundred feet a top the grain elevator at Irwinville Peanut when his arm got pinned in the machinery. More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 1:31 PM EDT2013-06-19 17:31:17 GMT
Moultrie Technical College unveiled its new $9.5 million, 46,000 square-foot Health Sciences Building Wednesday. The brand new structure is located at the school's Veterans Parkway Campus (VPC) in Moultrie. RepresentativesMore >>
Moultrie Technical College unveiled its new $9.5 million, 46,000 square-foot Health Sciences Building Wednesday. The brand new structure is located at the school's Veterans Parkway Campus in Moultrie. More >>
February 1, 2008
Bainbridge-- Two years ago, beds far outnumbered the inmates at the Decatur County jail. That was far from the situation in Fulton county says Jail Administrator Major Linn Harrell. "They're under court order to reduce to overcrowding and do major renovations on their facility."
The two worked out a deal to benefit both sides. Decatur County now houses 80 Fulton county inmates and make $35 a day for each one. "Basically all we're doing is providing a bed, food, medical care," says Harrell Medical care is even reimbursed, so the cost to the jail to house the inmates is minimal. "The building's got to be heated and cooled and the beds are there so its taking anything extra to keep the people except maybe an extra staff person per shift," explains Harrell.
The inmates from Atlanta aren't the only way the jail makes it's money. "We house Bainbridge Public Safety's Prisoners, the commissary program, telephone commissions add up to about $35,000 to $40,000 a year. So I mean there's all kinds of ways that money's coming in," Harrell says. And coming it is. Harrell expects the jail to gross over $1 million for the fiscal year that will go back to the county.
Harrell says, "The Sheriff wants to put it back to the people in the county, I agree with him. Let's give them something back." He says, if it cuts taxes somewhere down the road for the county, the extra work is worth it.
The $1 million the jail is contributing makes up half of their $2.3 million budget for this year.
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