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Cayuga County Sheriff Brian Schenck told the county Legislature's Judicial and Public Safety Committee this month that DOCCS notified local jails that transfers of state-ready inmates would resume on May 5. The plan, according to Schenck, was to process 75 to 100 inmates each week. But, he told legislators, "their intake is not keeping up with the new sentences."

In an email to 水果派AV last week, Schenck said there are 25 state-ready inmates being held at the Cayuga County Jail.

"The challenge with this population is that obviously they take up a great deal of space when we are having the staffing challenges," Schenck said. "Also, while we receive $100 per day for them, that does not cover our costs when overtime is needed to supervise them, provide for constant watches of them, and for their medical costs if we are required to provide it locally."

Schenck is not the only county leader in New York raising awareness about this issue. The New York State Association of Counties is urging DOCCS to transfer state-ready inmates from county jails to state prisons. The organization described it as "a pressing financial and operational concern affecting counties across the state."

Before the strike began in February, NYSAC said the number of state-ready inmates held in county jails was approximately 200. Now, it's more than 2,400.

"County jails are not long-term correctional institutions," said Benjamin Boykin, a Westchester County legislator and president of NYSAC. "The prolonged retention of state-ready inmates in county jails undermines this fundamental purpose. These individuals have been adjudicated and are designated to serve their sentences in state prisons, yet they remain in local facilities, burdening counties with costs they cannot and should not be asked to sustain."

NYSAC noted, as Schenck mentioned, that counties receive $100 per day for housing state-ready inmates. However, the group said the costs can exceed $300 a day for housing these inmates.

County jails often house state-ready inmates temporarily before they are transferred to the state correctional system for processing. But the transfers were suspended during the correction officer strike, which lasted three weeks in February and March, and after the state fired 2,000 correction officers.聽

Tom Mailey, a DOCCS spokesperson, told 水果派AV that the department was unable to resume transfers immediately after the strike ended and correctional facilities began to return to normal operations.

"The department did notify counties that it would accept any individual they believe was at or near maximum expiration of their state sentence of any individual that would likely need immediate medical placement," Mailey said.

DOCCS resumed accepting state-ready inmates into female prisons on April 14, while intake of offenders into male prisons continued on May 5. Mailey said they are working to accommodate counties with waiting lists.

"DOCCS has been in regular contact with the New York State Sheriffs' Association, as well as individual county sheriffs, to hear concerns and disseminate vital information," Mailey added. "DOCCS appreciates the patience and understanding of everyone as we recover, recruit and rebuild."