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| New jail being considered |
| By The Associated Press |
| Published: 11/28/2008 |
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MISSISSIPPI - DeSoto County officials are considering whether to build a new female detention unit so they can open up space at the existing jail. The DeSoto County Jail has been crowded in recent years, and local officials have been under pressure from prisoners' rights advocates to reduce the inmate population. The site being considered for a female detention unit is next to the county health department complex off U.S. Highway 51. Sheriff Bill Rasco says DeSoto County has three or four acres there that could be used for a new female jail. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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