Article: COUNTY JAIL PROCESSING FEE PROPOSED THE DANE COUNTY BOARD WILL CONSIDER A $25 CHARGE FOR EACH PERSON TAKEN TO JAIL.(LOCAL/WISCONSIN)

Byline: Sandy Cullen For the State Journal

The Dane County Board tonight will consider charging each person taken to the county jail a $25 fee for processing.

The proposal comes on the heels of another controversial move two weeks ago to collect $1.2 million by continuing to charge prisoners higher rates for collect phone calls.

The inmate processing fee was proposed by board Sup. David E. Wiganowsky. He and other members of the board's Personnel and Finance Committee voted 5-1 in favor of it.

Another committee, Public Protection and Judiciary, voted 3-1 against the fee.

Sup. Andy Olsen, who chairs that committee, said the ...

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