{"id":695,"date":"2012-04-11T09:58:09","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T13:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=695"},"modified":"2012-04-11T09:58:09","modified_gmt":"2012-04-11T13:58:09","slug":"w-brandywine-prisoners-to-pay-lockup-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=695","title":{"rendered":"W. Brandywine: prisoners to pay lockup fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Cuts by Coatesville rippling out to neighboring townships<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>By Jamie Richard<\/strong>, <span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><em>Staff Writer, CoatesvilleTimes.com<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/24722466.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-697\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"24722466\" src=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/24722466-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/24722466-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/24722466-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/24722466-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/24722466.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>WEST BRANDYWINE \u2013 The township Board of Supervisors has passed an ordinance allowing the township to recoup the cost of detaining prisoners by placing the cost on them.<\/p>\n<p>At their meeting last Thursday, the board unanimously agreed to pass an ordinance permitting the township to fine prisoners and detainees for the cost of holding them at the Coatesville lockup.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The city has been forced to outsource overnight and weekend lockup supervision to a private firm due to a lack of dispatchers; four full time and four part time dispatchers were laid off by the city in an attempt to cut police staffing costs.\u00a0 Municipalities using the lockup facility are charged fee of $187.50 per prisoner per night.\u00a0 Although the board seemed eager to alleviate these costs to the township, Board Vice Chairman Thomas J. McCaffery expressed concerns over fining anyone found not guilty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just trying to make sure we don\u2019t recoup money from an innocent person,\u201d said McCaffrey.<\/p>\n<p>Township Manager Ronald A. Rambo Jr. stated the decision to add the fine will be left at the discretion of the district judge.\u00a0 In all likelihood, according to Rambo, the judge will drop the fines for anyone found not guilty.\u00a0 The township will then be required to cover the costs of detaining prisoners found not guilty.<\/p>\n<p>Board Chairman Josef G. Obernier Sr. commented that he would like to reexamine the ordinance in six months in hope of gauging its effectiveness in cutting costs for the township.<\/p>\n<p>The township will hold their next meeting on Apr. 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuts by Coatesville rippling out to neighboring townships By Jamie Richard, Staff Writer, CoatesvilleTimes.com WEST BRANDYWINE \u2013 The township Board of Supervisors has passed an ordinance allowing the township to recoup the cost of detaining prisoners by placing the cost on them. 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