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University of Kentucky

MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects

2021

Jails

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Financial Trends In Kentucky’S Full Service Jails Fy07 To Fy19, Kayla Carter Jan 2021

Financial Trends In Kentucky’S Full Service Jails Fy07 To Fy19, Kayla Carter

MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects

Research on jail finances in the United States, in general, and Kentucky, specifically, has been lacking. This capstone describes trends in jail finances in Kentucky. It also examines the legal requirement to house certain state inmates in county jails and the financial burden of this requirement on counties. Uniform Financial Information Reports (UFIRs) data from 58 counties in Kentucky was used to descriptively analyze financial trends in full service jails from fiscal years 2007 to 2019. This data was combined with Kentucky Department of Corrections jail population data from fiscal years 2012 to 2019 to compare financial trends with the …