Two county jails in Illinois set a record for receiving $959,000 in federal revenue.
The Daily Journal in Kankakee reports Kankakee County's jails in May broke its previous 2013 record when it received $957,000 in outside inmate bed rental money. Nearly all of the money comes from federal agencies.
Bed rental revenue dropped from 2014-2016 before trending upward after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, began housing detainees in the local jails in fall 2016. The county has been housing federal inmates since 2004 through a contract with the U.S. Marshals Service.
The two jails in June had a total of 617 inmates, consisting of 249 local, 212 from the Marshals Service, 142 from ICE and 14 from Cook County.
Copyright AP - Associated Press
