The Ventura County Sheriff's Department is seeking more than $1.3 million in reimbursement from the federal government to pay for holding illegal immigrants in the county jail and juvenile detention facilities.
Sheriff Larry Carpenter says that between July 1, 1995, and June 30, 1996, his department identified 245 inmates in the jail who qualified the county for reimbursement under the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program. In addition, there were 10 juvenile inmates who qualified.
