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Inmate, criminal court costs reduced
Inmate costs to the parish have been reduced by more than $80,000 since 2008, while for the first time in two decades a surplus in the criminal court fund has meant that more than $18,000 has been returned to the Police Jury's general fund.
District Attorney Brad Burget, entering his third year in office, has been working with both the Police Jury and Sheriff Randy Maxwell to reduce inmate costs, while also working to better manage the operation of the criminal court fund.
He said finding more cost-effective ways to do business benefits the taxpayer while streamlining operations.
Burget said the Police Jury is responsible for inmate costs, ranging from room and board to medical expenses. The Police Jury is billed $5 per day by the sheriff's office for housing parish prisoners. Once a parish prisoner is convicted, the inmate becomes a ward of the state and the sheriff's office is paid the state rate of $24.39 per prisoner per day.
The parish jail has a capacity of 48 prisoners.
In 2007, parish inmate costs totaled $178,226.11 and jumped to $206,057.26 in 2008. When Burget took office in 2009 he began working to move cases through court more speedily. Inmate costs dropped to $165,597.29 in 2009 and to $124,983.41 in 2010.
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