Poughkeepsie, NY… “Thanks to the bipartisan support of the Dutchess County Legislature, we can finally move forward in addressing the costly issue of housing-out inmates,” said Dutchess County Executive Marcus J. Molinaro following the Dutchess County Legislature’s 19 to 6 vote to authorize a $1.2 million bond to begin the Project Definition phase for the potential development of a new transition facility in Dutchess County. Minority Leader Barbara Jeter-Jackson and Legislator Steve White, both who represent the City of Poughkeepsie, joined Republican legislators in support of the resolution. With an average daily inmate population of nearly 500 individuals and current jail capacity for just over 250, Dutchess County “houses out” as many as 200 or more inmates in other facilities across the state each day, at a cost to taxpayers that is currently over $8 million per year and continues to increase.
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