Last week Calbert told members of the authority - which includes the three county commissioners and sheriff - that the county was having to pay for guarding the ODOC prisoner while he was hospitalized in Tulsa. She said the requirement to guard the prisoner around the clock was costing the county money and depleting the jail staff.
"ODOC knew the prisoner was ill when they sent him to us," Calbert reported to the authority.
ODOC's contract with the county allows non-violent inmates to be boarded out to the jail for about $33 a day, which saves ODOC money and is revenue for the county.
Calbert said ODOC took responsibility for the ill inmate last week and transferred him to an ODOC hospital. Calbert said the inmate's illness was privileged information, which she could not reveal.
Calbert reported the county jail had 95 inmates in custody as of Monday.
She also reported that a staff member has completed grant-writing training, and will begin seeking grants to boost the county jail's income.
Sequoyah County Commissioners met before the jail authority meeting and approved the transfer of $200,000 in Oklahoma Department of Transportation funds for District 1 Commissioner Bruce Tabor. Tabor explained the money was a reimbursement for resurfacing of the Muldrow Lake access road, a project that is covered by state funds.
