•August 8, 2018•

The Public Health and Safety Committee received a progress report on the Moultrie County Correctional facility during its regular meeting Aug. 1.
Sheriff Chris Sims updated committee chair Arlene Aschermann, Dave McCabe, Neil Bryan and Kevin McReynolds on the current population situation.
Housing federal inmates at the Moultrie County facility has already produced more than the $220,000 in revenue budgeted this year, with Sheriff Sims noting the relationship with federal marshals was good, and Moultrie County has been housing from 16-19 federal inmates per month on average.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.