El Paso County jail overtime costs jump despite inmate population dropThe El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is spending more on jail overtime despite fewer inmates. It’s not clear if that’s justified

El Paso County jail overtime costs jump despite inmate population dropThe El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is spending more on jail overtime despite fewer inmates. It’s not clear if that’s justified

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is spending nearly twice as much on daily overtime for jail operations than it did two years ago, even though the number of inmates housed at the jails has fallen by about 10% since then. Overtime spending at the county’s two jails has jumped from an average of about $15,000 a day in fiscal year 2024 to about $30,000 a day through April of the current fiscal year that ends Sept. 30, an El Paso Matters analysis…