The Butler County Prison Board on Tuesday approved a contract to accept inmates from the Potter County Jail.

The contract with Potter County is the sixth for housing out-of-county inmates in the Butler County prison.

Warden Joe DeMore told the board that a Potter County prison official recently contacted him about housing a female inmate because that prison doesn’t house female inmates.

Solicitor Will White said Potter County usually sends its female inmates to a neighboring county, but that county can only accommodate four female inmates.

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