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| Already Expanded County Jail Full Again |
| By macon.com |
| Published: 03/22/2010 |
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Bibb County’s jail, expanded less than three years ago to end federal oversight, has seen its capacity topped by as many as two dozen inmates. The problem has officials eyeing alternative sentencing such as ankle monitoring, as well as collaborative efforts to prevent children and adults from becoming criminals or repeat offenders. “I think we’ve got to look for alternatives to incarceration,” said Sam Hart, chairman of the Bibb County Commission. “A lot of these people get out of jail, go right back to jail.” Sheriff Jerry Modena has been reviewing ankle monitoring since he was elected a decade ago. But the capacity crunch lends more urgency to the situation. This month, Chief Deputy Russell Nelson, who oversees the county jail, told commissioners the state is dumping 500 inmates a month out of its prisons. He predicted the county would need additional space within a year. “We need to keep the United States government from putting another court order on the county,” he said. Nelson said that at one point in October, the jail had 990 inmates but is built for 966. Before an expansion that opened in 2007, the jail had room for 585. Read More. |
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