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| Gov. Inslee looking for alternatives to sending state female inmates to Yakima County jail |
| By yakimaherald.com |
| Published: 12/06/2016 |
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Yakima County stands to lose a contract with the state to house female inmates because of complaints about “awful” conditions at the county jail. Anywhere from 10 to 15 inmates — five of them from the state — have been sleeping on the floor because of overcrowding caused by a project to renovate showers. To make way for the project, a 24-bed dormitory had to be closed three weeks ago and its inmates were crowded into other dorms as a result. On Friday, 14 families of the 47 female state inmates incarcerated at the jail fired off a letter to Gov. Jay Inslee, complaining about overcrowding and urging him to stop the transfer of inmates to the county’s main jail downtown. Responding to the complaints, Inslee on Monday said he’s looking for an alternative location for the state inmates housed in Yakima under contract. Read More. |
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