Erie County Executive Christina Vogel provided on an update on Erie County’s contract with the U.S. Marshals Services following Council’s passing of an ordinance:
“Termination of the Services of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol (ICE) Under the Intergovernmental Service Agreement with the United States Marshals Service, Office of Detention Services.”
Vogel explained that while ICE’s services have been terminated in the contract, the agreement with the U.S. Marshals Service is still in place and that is what was included in this year’s budget.
“The expectation was that we would have the $1 million from the U.S. Marshals but not from ICE, so we were never at risk of financial problems with the Erie County prison a 2025 was an anomaly year,” Vogel said.
Additional money from ICE’s services are helping with costs at the prison for repairs and mandatory overtime.