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Morgan County officials consider food services changes at jail

The Morgan County Jail is located on Martinsville's west side near State Road 39.

There may perhaps be a new food items vendor at the Morgan County Jail.

In the course of its meeting Monday night, Morgan County Board of Commissioners listened to from Jail Commander David Rogers about probable adjustments involving the firm that serves foods at the jail.

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For a long time, the county compensated for the meals eaten by inmates at the county jail.

By regulation, the county was allocated so substantially funds for every food an inmate eats.

For years, the unused income allocated for inmate meals went to the incumbent sheriff as a portion of their income.

That transformed when the meals grew to become a component of the county commissioner’s price range. ‘

Due to the jail population, the amount of money budgeted for foods exceeded $600,000 per yr.

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