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expansion will allow the Marshal's office a maximum of 75 beds per day for 15 years. I have <br /> spoken at length with the Marshal's office, both in Greensboro and in Washington D.C. and they <br /> indicate that when Orange County opens they will consolidate inmates held in other smaller <br /> surrounding Jails into ours. Their goal in the Middle District is to hold prisoners only in three <br /> Jails; Forsyth, Guilford and Orange Counties. While they are not likely to keep 75 prisoners in <br /> Orange County, the number will significantly increase from what is kept now. The potential <br /> revenue from the additional 30 beds (75-45) is approximately$638,239 per year, bringing our <br /> total revenue potential from Federal inmates to over$1 million per year. <br /> As demonstrated in the accompanying table, however, you will note that at the current per diem <br /> rate of$49.96 per day we would need to house only 11 Federal inmates to totally offset the debt <br /> service payment associated with the $1.5 million necessary to complete this project. The table <br /> further indicates that as the debt service amount decreases, the number of inmates necessary to <br /> "break even" decreases as well. <br />