Freestone County Commissioners Court approved an interlocal agreement with Anderson County to house inmates for Sheriff Jeremy Shipley’s overloaded facility at the Monday, April 28, meeting.
Shipley had complained to the court that the county jail was “continuously staying full” and needed “more beds” at the April 16 meeting. Anderson County will receive $50 per day per inmate under the terms of the agreement.
Shipley noted that with the new agreement in place Freestone County is now housing inmates in four counties, Anderson, Falls, Houston and Limestone. Shipley’s jail has a 43-inmate capacity, but it needed to house almost twice that many several times in the previous month, he said.
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