Sheriff praises trusty dorm, says cost-sharing deal near
St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz explained he and Parish President Jessie Bellard are near an agreement on using a new dormitory for trusties and jail costs. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
Housing prisoners cost St. Landry Parish about $100,000 a month — $1.2 million a year — and it is an expense that isn’t going away.
In October at a Parish Council meeting it sounded like Parish President Jessie Bellard and Sheriff Bobby Guidroz were at odds over the prisoner issue.
A new 68-person dormitory to house trusties is complete, but unoccupied in Opelousas and in October Bellard said…
