GALESBURG -- Knox County Sheriff David Clague's accommodations might be the cheapest in Galesburg, but they're almost certainly not the nicest.

Clague plans to start charging inmates $5 a night to stay in his jail.

He told county board members this week that he hopes to raise more than $100,000 a year through the nightly fees. Most of them liked the idea and voted to let the sheriff do it.

Only Board member Lyle Johnson objected. He argued that inmates' families would wind up footing the bill.

Clague says that's possible. But he argues that there's no reason the county should have to hand out three meals a day and provide a heated and cooled room for nothing.

The sheriff plans to start charging the fee in the next week.