Jackson Jambalaya

What strikes me is that the numbers of inmate costs don't seem to dovetail with the number of inmates in the same years. And, the medical costs don't seem to explain that difference.

Actually looks like they are holding the costs under control pretty well. Pretty flat for the last 7 yrs.

What are 2 mills per day ???

If they mean 'meals' , I guess they skip breakfast in bed.

Mills is the tax rate, millage rate.

Kenny gonna make the poochie face again.

Wow. On the surface, it seems like Jackson is getting a pretty good deal. They pay 36% of the cost to house their 613 inmates and the county picks up the rest of the tab.

Haven't seen the stats in a while...what % of Hinds County's tax base is made up of Jackson taxpayers? I would hope it is at least 64%

Raymond Detention center just made the front page of Reddit.

Update: Sheriff Tyrone Lewis adds to his list of people he blames for the fact that he is incompetent; The entire city of Jackson! Its Stokes, the DA, the Judges and now the entire city's fault that he can't run the jail.

well, he does have a point there....including the mayor, they obstruct everything in Jackson, as anybody who spends time downtown around the courthouses and various political offices knows. Jackson now consists of several lords and their exclusive fiefdoms...

Happy Arbor Day! Love, Tyrone

I am disappointed in Greer for this one. He is falling into the same PR crap of previous sups. (1) The city of Jackson residents already are paying a great % part of these costs thru their County taxes. To the comment above, it is over the 64% you ask. So most of these costs are already being paid by Jackson, just not as a direct payment. (2) the first question Greer and others should be asking is are these expenses reasonable? Same as all other expenditures in the County. Greer is asking about other parts of the county budget - for which I for one am appreciative and recognize his efforts - but it appears that he thinks anything the high sheriff asks for should be taken at face value as ok.

Control the spending, rather than give them a blank check and then see if the 'price' the city of Jackson (read, Jackson taxpayers and it looks different) pays is out of line. Recognize that prisoners arrested inside the city by JPD are also inside the county - the only difference is who did the arresting.

I appreciate Greer and McWhirter's efforts to straighten out the county - but transferring the costs of government to Jackson taxpayers doesn't sit well with me when we are already paying for most everything they spend, including the jail and other costs of the sheriff's office.

Greer has probably spent more time at that jail than the other supervisors combined.

If Jackson would stop avoiding the inevitable lawsuit and simply open their own damn jail back up this would be a non-issue. More than 50% of the inmates in Raymond come from Jackson....PERIOD. Jackson can keep it's own problems and the taxes associated with them, but that won't happen because the lawsuit will come up. Go check it out for yourselves.

Won't solve no jail problems in Hinds until Tomie Green and Winston Kidd are sent packing. The Circuit in Hinds is a laughingstock, an absolute joke. You can build a brand new 5000 bed jail but nothing will change until the Circuit is reformed. It is a matter of political will and that left Hinds County 20 plus years ago. The black middle class is rushing the exits now and when their done the implosion will be complete. When it comes to Safety-Schools-Infrastructure Hinds and Jackson have Failed-Failed-Failed.