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Jail needs are growing
By The Olathe Sun
Published: 11/08/2007

KANSAS - The ground breaking for an expanded county jail last week was hardly a time for celebration. By the time the 554-bed, $60.3 million unit is opened, now scheduled for the summer of 2009, it is expected to be full. Sadly, the county cannot build detention facilities fast enough to accommodate a rapidly growing inmate population.

The positive in the project: The additional beds will reduce the number of inmates boarded out in jails across the state of Kansas, and the multimillion-dollar expense caused by the shortage of space in county facilities. Read more.

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