Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 25, June 21, 2024
Section 94-3-5 - Calculation Of Cost Per Inmate Day5.1. The Authority shall sum the operational costs of each regional jail and shall divide the total of such anticipated operational expenditures by the total anticipated number of inmate days in each of the regional jails to yield the cost per inmate day as the quotient.5.1.1. If the Authority has revenue, available for use as operational funds, the Authority may apply such revenue to the total of the schedule of operational expenditures before calculating the cost per inmate day. In such case, the net operational costs shall become the dividend.5.1.2. The anticipated number of inmate days to be provided in a fiscal year shall be the product of the bed capacity of the regional jail multiplied by a capacity factor of ninety percent (90%), multiplied by the number of days in the fiscal year: Provided, that, the bed capacity of the regional jails shall be defined as follows:Eastern Regional Jail | 120; |
Central Regional Jail | 192; |
South Central Regional Jail | 288; |
Northern Regional Jail & Correctional Facility | 192; and, |
Southern Regional Jail | 288. |
5.1.3 The Authority may, when operational history is available on any regional jail for more than two years, increase the capacity factor described in §5.1.2. to reflect the actual population levels documented for that particular regional jail: provided, that, in no event shall the population factor be greater than one hundred per cent (100%) of the bed capacity for the regional jail.5.2. The Authority shall collect the cost per inmate day from each entity for which an inmate is maintained in a regional jail.