NJ Jail Ends Housing of Philly Inmates
The Passaic County NJ Jail is ending an arrangement with the Philadelphia Prison System to house inmates at its Paterson facility, according to the Evening Sun.
The Passaic County Sheriff’s Department, which oversees the jail, will not renew the deal when it expires May 31. Sheriff’s department spokesman Bill Maer says the program raised about $3 million for Passaic County, with a per diem rate of $88 per prisoner. It was also meant to help alleviate overcrowding in Philly jails, which officials say has improved. There were 200 Philadelphia inmates in Paterson at the height of the program. The last inmate was transferred out of New Jersey and back to a Philadelphia jail two weeks ago.
Maer says the agreement “has outlived its usefulness.”
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