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Costs of Jail Incarceration
The cost to incarcerate an inmate in the Kitsap County Jail, whether the inmate isdetained awaiting trial, or adjudged and serving a sentence to confinement, isdetermined by a mathematical formula known in the corrections field as the
daily bed rate
or
DBR
.The math formula for calculating
DBR
is:
Total jail expenditure budget divided by the number of inmate beds.
This first quotient is then divided by the number of days in a given year(either 365 or 366 for leap year).
The second quotient reflects the total costs of operating this correctionsfacility on a per inmate, per day basis.The historical and current
DBR
are:2006: $56 per inmate per day.2007: $65 per inmate per day.2008: $67.53 per inmate per day.2009: $80 per inmate per day.The Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office is not in business to operate the jail on a “forprofit basis” in order to increase revenue for the county’s general fund. We canonly hope to offset the cost of operating the jail by charging an appropriate
DBR
.“The sheriff’s office well understands that all government agencies are financiallychallenged during these tough economic times,” said Sheriff Steve Boyer. “Wecontinually work with our partner agencies to best meet the public safetyrequirements of our communities.”
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The present jail configuration, following the jail expansion and improvements thatwere completed in July 2003, were designed for the Kitsap County Jail to provideregional corrections services to all agencies and municipalities within KitsapCounty, primarily, and others as space is available… such as the City of GigHarbor, the Suquamish Tribe and the Washington State Department ofCorrections.The Kitsap County Jail is operated in conformance with established principals,guidelines and operating protocols as set forth by:
The National Institute for Corrections.
American Corrections Association.
National Commission on Correctional Health Care.It is not inexpensive to meet these guidelines and operational requirements.The Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office has limited control over jail operations costs.The necessary costs for services include:
Maintenance services & utilities.
Food contract with Consolidated Food Management.
Inmate health care contract with Conmed.
Corrections officers’ union contract with the county, which covers salaries,medical benefits, longevity pay, L & I payments, retirement funds, etc.Looking ahead, the sheriff’s office expects that contracts for food service andinmate medical will increase by approximately 2.5% for the 2009 – 2010 contractyear.The sheriff’s office has always, and continues to keep, a direct dialogue with ourcontract agencies, about any anticipated cost increases to the inmate
DBR.
The sheriff’s office expects that the 2010
DBR
will remain approximately thesame as 2009. We are now entering into contract negotiations with our partnercities for the 2010 contract period.
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