The Vernon County Sheriff's Office has announced that it has entered into a housing agreement with the Greene County Sheriff’s Office in Springfield to house inmates for Greene County. Sheriff Mosher said they had been talking to Greene County over the last month reached an agreement that could bring in more than $1,200 per day to Vernon County. A prisoner transport bus arrived at the Vernon County Jail last Friday morning with 42 inmates from Greene County. Inmates were brought in the bus along with multiple guards from the Greene County Sheriff’s Office, but extra staff from the Vernon County Sheriff's Office was also called in. The Sheriff said the contract that was signed states Greene County would pay up to $500,000 for housing inmates.
