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In October 2022, there was a daily average of 835 total people in jail; it has increased 32% this year
Correctional staff at the Livingston County Jail found the tools needed for the job had expanded to include crayons and children’s books
“The more people, the more tensions, the more risk for individuals to fight, to create other issues in our facility,” Ada County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Shem McCulloch said
The Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center, a five-story jail barge with 800 beds, opened as a temporary measure in 1982 to relieve crowding on Rikers Island