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| Missoula County jail at capacity after judge stops work release referrals |
| By helenair.com - KEILA SZPALLER |
| Published: 10/24/2012 |
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Montana - MISSOULA — For the first time since it opened, the Missoula County jail has been consistently full for months, and tensions inside are running high, according to detention center staff. The jail on Mullan Road has been operating since 1999, and it accommodates roughly 224 adult inmates from the local courts. Detention manager Mark Harris said the facility is considered full when capacity hits 80 percent. “The last 10 months, we’ve been at capacity every day,” Harris said. “Before that, we occasionally got there, but not for a long period at a time.” In the past, most of the inmates had committed serious crimes, but the population makeup has changed, too, detention officials said. Now, the bulk of the cells are filled with people who have committed minor offenses. Read More. |
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