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DeWitt County Jail To Be Home To Cook County Prisoners

The DeWitt County Jail will soon be home to Cook County prisoners.

DeWitt County, along with Piatt and Moultrie Counties have agreed to house prisoners from Cook County. This has been in the works for some time, and a delay in Cook County has kept DeWitt County from housing those prisoners. According to DeWitt County Sheriff, Jered Shofner, the agreement will bring in revenues and allow the Sheriff's office rely less on tax dollars.

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Sheriff Shofner teamed up with other Sheriff's around the area with bed space in their jails to bring prisoners from Cook County to the area. Sheriff Shofner notes his department has been seeking ways to increase their revenues recently, and this is one way to do that.

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Transportation will be provided by Cook County to get the prisoners to DeWitt County, which will save the Sheriff's Department more money.

DeWitt County's jail will not start housing Cook County prisoners for another few weeks, as Cook County has to have the agreement on file for 20 days before their County Board can approve it.

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