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trol ot the bed and the county would get nothing back.

He said that would work out to $63.10 per day, compared to $102.50 per day the county is paying now when it has to transport a juvenile to another jurisdiction. If Rappahannock does not need the bed, it could be rented to another jurisdiction for $106, he said.

Mr. McCarthy said the county currently budgets $15,000 per year for juvenile detention. Some years the couty spends that much and more; some years it spends significantly less, he said.

He said he could not recommend that the county get involved in the deal. “It’s too much to pay for too little guarantee," he said.

Sheriff Woodward and Mr. Luke agreed, but Mr. Luke suggested the county try to change the deal to 20 years with Loudoun allowed to buv out the county’s interest in the bed at the end of seven years.

Currently the county has to search throughout the state for a bed that is available whenever it is necessary to lock a juvenile up, Mr. Luke said. Often there is no place available. He said once additional beds are available, judges will be more likely to sentence juveniles to detention. "Kids are not sentenced to detention because the judge knows there is no where to send them,” he said.

“I agree 1 don’t think we would be getting enough out of our money," Sheriff Woodward said. “The problem is we don't have a

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