NATCHEZ &8212; Some temporary residents have checked in to the Adams County Jail, and the jail might benefit from its visitors.

About half the inmates from the Pike County Jail are being moved to other facilities around the state, and Adams County is one of those facilities.

&8220;We are going to be starting renovations of our jail on Jan. 2,&8221; Pike County Jail Administrator Jayne Causey said Thursday. &8220;We have to shut half the cell blocks down.&8221;

So the inmates are staying in other county jails, like Simpson, Amite, Hines, Copiah and more.

&8220;Basically anybody that will hold them for us,&8221; Causey said.

There&8217;s no telling how long the inmates will be in their temporary homes, she said.

&8220;We&8217;ve given them 18 months to complete the renovations, but we hope it&8217;s done before then,&8221; Causey said.

In the meantime, Pike County will pay the Adams County Jail $25 per inmate per day, Adams County Sheriff Ronny Brown said.

The jail currently has 18 &8220;sleepers,&8221; or inmates held for Pike County, Brown said.

Pike County will pay the inmate&8217;s medical bills and other expenses, Brown said.

The only money that will come out of the $25 is money for meals, which is limited by law to $6 per day per inmate, Brown said.

This means the jail stands to make a good amount of money &8212; money Brown said could be put to good use renovating the 1970s building.

&8220;What we&8217;re doing is letting them have the extra cells,&8221; Brown said. &8220;If we have 40 (Pike County inmates) in here, that&8217;s $1,000 a month.&8221;

The money could be put to painting peeling cells and replacing locks, which Brown said can get expensive.

The visitors are non-violent inmates, Causey said.

&8220;We&8217;ve kept all the violent inmates here (in Pike County),&8221; she said.

Brown said there would be no cost to taxpayers.