The Sentence-to-Serve program provided 936 hours of adult labor between April and June of this year. The estimated market value of completed projects was $13,250.
Eighty-four jail days were saved by allowing offenders to work instead of sit in jail. At a cost of $52 a day to keep a prisoner in jail, the program saved the county $4,368.
Juvenile offenders worked 204 hours, providing services that had a market value of $2,390.
Agencies benefitting from the program were the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (396 hours), the county (320 hours), the school district (188 hours), the state (160 hours), the City of Grand Marais (72 hours) and the federal government (32 hours).
According to Minnesota Department of Corrections District Supervisor Victor Moen, “TheGrand Marais crews spent many hours this quarter doing storm cleanup and spring trash pickup on roadways, in parks, and on school grounds.”
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