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Closing County Jail Relieves DOC Budget
By yakima-herald.com
Published: 01/21/2011

YAKIMA -- Closing the nearly 4-year-old county jail and seeking wage concessions from corrections officers are part of a plan by Yakima County to close a $9.3 million budget gap in the Department of Corrections.

Longer term to stabilize the department, the county will put a for-sale sign this year on the 288-bed jail near State Fair Park and an empty minimum-security jail in Union Gap.

"We will be looking for bed rental options as well as a purchaser on an equal basis," said Kevin Bouchey, chairman of the Yakima County Commission.

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