Joplin refuses to house Springfield prisoners in its jail

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     (AP) – Joplin City Council members say they rejected a request

to house Springfield municipal inmates in the local jail because of strong

opposition from residents.

     The Joplin Globe reports Springfield’s mayor and police chief assured Joplin

leaders at a meeting last week that the inmates would not be dangerous. But

council members said their constituents were worried that inmates who couldn’t

get a ride back to Springfield would just stick around.

     Springfield has had an inmate crisis since Greene County stopped accepting

prisoners held on municipal charges more than a year ago.

     The city’s proposal would have paid Joplin $50 per inmate, per day.

     Springfield’s police chief has said his department has neither the authority

nor responsibility to give the inmates a ride once they’re out of jail.




   

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