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| Female inmate population crowds jails |
| By newsandsentinel.com - Jasmine Rogers |
| Published: 02/13/2013 |
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MARIETTA - Faced with a steadily rising number of female inmates, Ohio regional and county jails have found themselves playing a game of musical chairs when it comes to housing women. "It's a daily battle trying to (fit) more females in here," said Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail Warden Jeremy Tolson. Though the Nelsonville jail only has 32 female beds, the jail was housing 33 women Wednesday afternoon, a number that is in constant flux, he said. Typically an extra inmate can be kept in a holding cell while it can be determined if someone will be released soon enough to make room for her. However, jails often resort to housing women prisoners in neighboring jails, said Tolson, who has needed to house two females at the Washington County Jail within the last two weeks. Read More. |
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