Federal and state inmates incarcerated at the Bradley County jail can be attributed for the bulk of revenue that was received in January totaling $233,760.

The county receives $35 per inmate for each day they are held in jail because there is a shortage of bed space in state prisons. January’s receipts were equal to December with an amount of $88,620.

Federal inmates bring in slightly more for the county. Under a contract with the U.S. Marshall’s Service the county receives $49.60 per day for each inmate up to a maximum of 100. Revenue in this category during January was $130,993.

Other sources including the inmate phone system, the inmate commissary, and the sexual offender registry, raised the amount received in the month to $233,760.50. For the fiscal year the jail’s revenue account stands at $1,616,796.40, off-setting some of the costs to operate the jail.

All monies that are received are deposited with the county trustee’s office.