Continuously serving Kosciusko County since 1854
The average daily inmate count at the Kosciusko County Jail for 2003 was 194, according to the prisoner booking and meal information provided by county sheriff Aaron Rovenstine today.
He provided his annual report to the commissioners at their meeting.
Total meals prepared in 2003 were 211,785, with average meals per day at 580 and average meals per month at 17,400.
By housing inmates from the Indiana Department of Corrections and other counties, Kosciusko County received $355,312.20 from IDOC in 2003; $45,850 from Delaware County; $11,480 from Clark County; and $1,260 from Elkhart County. Total money received in 2003 was $413,902.20.
The total number of prisoners booked into the county jail in 2003 was 4,005, up 10.7 percent from 3,726 in 2002. In 2001, there were 3,422 inmates booked; 3,588 in 2000; 3,439 in 1999; 3,262 in 1998; and 3,312 in 1997.
Work release income for 2003 included $309,644 from male work release income; $12,555 from male Community Transition Program income; and $11,500 from female work release income. Total income for 2003 was $333,659.
