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| New IN jail already overcrowded |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 01/29/2007 |
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EVANSVILLE, IN - Vanderburgh County's new jail is nearly twice as large as the one it replaced, but it's already exceeding its capacity a year after its opening. The new jail in Evansville was built with room for 512 inmates, but the Evansville Courier and Press reports that daily counts have gone as high as 540. The old jail had 268 beds and regularly had housed 330 inmates before it closed. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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