Nearly 2,000 inmates who could be serving time at one of 27 state prisons are sitting in county jails, costing local taxpayers thousands of dollars a day, according to The Allentown Morning Call.
The cost of housing and feeding these "state-eligible" prisoners is a drain on county budgets, which are paid largely by property taxes.
As if you needed another reason to support the elimination of property taxes.
Read the full story, "Doing state stint on county's dime," by reporter Scott Kraus here
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