Sheriff Curtis Cochran is suing Swain County for terminating his prisoner food allowance. He feels he is owed more than $10,000. The amount is based on spending $10 per prisoner per day incarcerated during the sheriff’s tenure. The county claims there was no system for making sure the sheriff spent the allotment on meals for prisoners. Other sheriffs had been known to skimp on the meals and pocket the difference. Further, the county claims the State Treasurer’s Office directed them to bring their practice into compliance with the Local Government Fiscal Control Act.