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| Panel touts shift to jail alternatives |
| By news-gazette.com - Tom Kacich |
| Published: 06/25/2013 |
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URBANA , IL— A citizens' report on Champaign County's justice system recommends gradually shifting money from the county's quarter-cent public safety sales tax away from facilities into alternatives to traditional jail confinement. The recommendation is one of 10 contained in a report by the community justice task force and forwarded to the Champaign County Board. The board will hold a study session on the report at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Brookens Center, 1776 E. Washington St., U. The task force report made no recommendation about whether the county needs to tear down, remodel or expand either of its correctional facilities, but it criticizes the county for failing to adequately maintain "its facilities, resulting in a 30-year-old facility (the downtown jail) that is barely usable. In the future, adequate funds should be set aside for regular maintenance of criminal justice facilities and development of a long term repair and maintenance plan that is proactive." Read More. |
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