Barbour County Sheriff's Department v. Division of Corrections

Claimant, Barbour County Sheriff's Department, provides and maintains a facility for the incarceration of prisoners who have committed crimes in Barbour County. Some of the prisoners held in the facility are guilty of crimes which require the sentencing of prisoners to facilities provided and maintained by the respondent, Division of Corrections. Claimant brought *118this action to recover the costs of housing for prisoners who have been sentenced to a State penal institution, but due to circumstances beyond the control of the county, these prisoners have had to remain in the county prison…