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| County to tackle jail crowding |
| By The Rockford Register |
| Published: 08/30/2006 |
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ROCKFORD, IL - Winnebago County is under a federal court order to keep its jail population below 400, but the inmate count peaked at 543 Sunday and has hovered above 500 for nearly two weeks. County Board Chairman Scott Christiansen is studying ways to immediately reduce the population and expects to announce short- and long-term solutions next week. “We've been over 500 inmates in the jail in the last month, and that's a real concern,” Christiansen said. “We don't want it to become a crisis...Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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