Why is it often costly to the sheriff's office to have prisoners transported to the hospital for treatment and observation?
A. The sheriff's office has no budget to pay for any medical services.
B. The sheriff's office must send a minimum of one deputy to the hospital to provide security for those treating the prisoner and to
prevent escape while the prisoner is at the hospital, which takes away from staff at the jail.
C. The sheriff's office usually ends up paying the nurse treating the prisoner overtime while he or she waits for the ambulance to arrive.
D. The sheriff's office cannot collect the daily cost of housing a prisoner for a local police department if the prisoner is in the hospital.
