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The L.A. County Sheriff's Department and other agencies cover budget shortfalls and save positions using ICE money....$55.2 million in 2008

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

"Washington paid nearly $55.2 million to house detainees at 13 local jails in California in fiscal year 2008, up from $52.6 million the previous year. " The L.A. County Sheriff's Department and other agencies cover budget shortfalls and save positions using the federal payments. By Anna Gorman March 17, 2009 LA Times Chart with county jails and dollars amounts from ICE at this URL: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-immigjail17-2009mar17,0,5433919,full.story At a time when local law enforcement agencies are being forced to cut budgets and freeze hiring, cities across Southern California have found a growing source of income -- immigration detention. Roughly two-thirds of the nation's immigrant detainees are held in local jails, and the payments to cities and counties for housing them have increased as the federal government has cracked down on illegal immigrants with criminal records and outstanding deportation orders...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 19, 2009 (boomark / email).