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| Plan to send more inmates to Yakima |
| By Yakima-Herald |
| Published: 02/01/2008 |
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WASHINGTON - In a move that could bring hundreds of state prisoners to the Yakima County jail, Washington will stop sending inmates out of state and will begin returning the 1,200 convicts housed elsewhere this summer, the Department of Corrections says. The state prison system, which has been overcrowded for years, has rented out-of-state prison beds since 2003 and also leases about 1,000 beds in county jails in Washington. < However, the scheduled January 2009 opening of new prison space at Coyote Ridge in Connell in Eastern Washington will likely allow the state to house all of its inmates in-state, said prison chief Eldon Vail. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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