<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3EPM0B_0zaBZvw500" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3EPM0B_0zaBZvw500" width="1200" height="600" >JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Craighead County won’t see any Act 309 inmates soon. The sheriff’s office has suspended the 309 program at the Craighead County Detention Center. The state program allows inmates to work at local jails while the county gets paid for each inmate. Sheriff Marty Boyd said the jail typically houses between 10 to 15 309 inmates, but said there was a need for increased capacity, “Lately, we’ve been running seven to 10. So, looking at that, I can add additional bed space and increase jail capacity,” he said. “So, our needs of holding more people are more important than holding the 309s right now.”He said the state pays the jail $15 a day per 309, so the jail will lose that revenue.Boyd said 309 inmates are required to be housed separately from the regular jail population. He said that space will now allow the jail to have an additional 40 beds. “We need it to try to make sure that people that commit crimes, there’s consequences for that because lately, with the overcrowding issue, it’s been really tough for the courts to utilize the jail properly like what it’s supposed to be designed for,” he said. To report a typo or correction, please click here.</div></body>

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JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Craighead County won’t see any Act 309 inmates soon. The sheriff’s office has suspended the 309 program at the Craighead County Detention Center. The state program allows inmates to work at local jails while the county gets paid for each inmate. Sheriff Marty Boyd...

Craighead County Detention Center suspends 309 program

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JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Craighead County won’t see any Act 309 inmates soon. The sheriff’s office has suspended the 309 program at the Craighead County De

Craighead County Detention Center suspends 309 program

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