Thu., August 27, 2009 4:34pm (EDT)

Prisoners Yield County Money
By Associated Press
Updated: 4 years ago

OCONEE COUNTY, Ga.  —  
By filling up jail cells with prisoners from other counties, Oconee County stands to pocket additional dollars. (photo by Kango Traveler)
By filling up jail cells with prisoners from other counties, Oconee County stands to pocket additional dollars. (photo by Kango Traveler)
Budgets are tight for local governments, but Oconee County may have found a way to earn an extra $900,000.

County commissioners have voted unanimously to accept up to 80 prisoners from the Fulton County jail in Atlanta.

Oconee County jail already takes on inmate from Barrow and Jackson counties at $30 a day.