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| Crowding prompts talk of TN tents |
| By The International Herald Tribune |
| Published: 09/21/2006 |
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CHATTANOOGA, TN - Jail crowding prompted a county judge to suggest putting prisoners in tents, an idea Tennessee's jail regulators said they frown on. General Sessions Judge David Bales suggested the tent city for prisoners during a discussion by the Hamilton County Commission Public Safety Committee. Commission Chairman Larry Henry said he would instruct Greg Beck, chairman of the commission's Security and Corrections Committee, to look into the suggestion. "I don't think we need to make it too comfortable for (inmates)," Henry said. The Tennessee Corrections Institute decertified the Hamilton County Jail in December because of overcrowding. The jail, with a capacity of 489 prisoners, had 574 last month when the institute conducted its annual inspection. The inspector did not recommend recertification. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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