County jail profits from housing detained immigrants
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July 8, 2018
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — A western Maryland county is turning a profit on its contract with the federal government to house detainees for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The Frederick News-Post reports (https://bit.ly/2m1Z9Ag ) that the county sheriff's office receives $83 per inmate per day to house immigration detainees at the county jail.
A county audit found that the cost of housing the inmates is anywhere from $21 to $53 per day, depending on how the costs are calculated.
Last year the county housed more than 300 different detainees under its agreement with ICE. Frederick County Sh...
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