Controller Robb Rhodes News Today

Members of Fayette County’s prison board revisited the topic of charging inmates at the new jail a daily housing fee. At Wednesday’s regular meeting, county Controller Robb Rhodes said counties like Westmoreland and Somerset impose a $10-per-day fee to each inmate housed in a county jail. That money, he said, goes toward facility management costs. […]

A week after inmates were moved into the new Fayette County jail, the county prison board discussed potentially charging a per-day fee over the term of their stay in the facility. Board members Controller Robb Rhodes and Sheriff Jim Custer said Westmoreland County Prison charges a $10 per-day fee that goes toward facility management costs. […]