Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1919 — IS ECONOMY TO USE OUR JAIL [ARTICLE]

IS ECONOMY TO USE OUR JAIL

Says Morocco Courier, But Thinks Charge Is Excessive. In referring to Jasper county’s bill of |4,000 for use of its jail for the last 10 years caring for Newton county’s prisoners, the Morocco Courier says, among other things: The time specified In the claim is 10 years, or 1400 per year. This Is more than a dollar a day just for the use of the jail, as all prisoners’ board bills ar& paid regularly. And when the fact is considered that ’this county has no. prisoners confined there for months at a time, the demand really appears out of reason. It is only just that Jasper county should desire some remuneration for the use of her jail, and some specific rate should have been determined long ago. There is little or no need for a jail in this county, and if Jasper county would act fair we could continue to use ’her jail when necessary for years to come. While -there has been, some agitation in favor of building a jail in this county, by far the majority of the people are convinced that it would be a needless expenditure and are very much opposed to it.