Pitkin County commissioners formally signed off Tuesday on a temporary intra-governmental inmate-holding agreement with neighboring Eagle County. Terms of the agreement call for Pitkin County to pay a daily rate of $61 to Eagle County.
Eagle County Detention Facility can house Pitkin County inmates on a temporary basis, but a long-term arrangement is doubtful, Sheriff James van Beek said Friday.
Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario said Monday that mounting costs and lack of progress toward building a new jail in Pitkin County led him to sever a courtesy agreement to house Pitkin inmates in the.
A working relationship between the Garfield and Pitkin County jails ended this month after a new sheriff took office in Aspen. Eagle County Detention Facility is the new holding place for inmates of Pitkin County.
A working relationship between the Garfield and Pitkin County jails ended this week after a new sheriff took office in Aspen. Eagle County Detention Facility is the new holding place for inmates of Pitkin County.