Parish and Sheriff Disagree Over Jail Operating Revenues

The Times reports that a long-running dispute between the Caddo Commission and Caddo Sheriff Steve Prator over jail operating revenues may be finally going to trial. The breakpoint in negotiations over the last year has been the per diem the parish pays to the sheriff to house parish inmates at the Caddo Correctional center.

State law mandates that parishes pay a minimum of $3.50 per diem per parish inmate, but Prator has filed suit seeking $14.92 per day. He dropped the request to $7.00 per day in settlement negotiations, but the Commission says it just can't find the money and that perhaps Prator should be suing the State rather than the parish for additional funds.

Posted by AJR at February 24, 2003 08:04 AM