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| Jail beds go begging, and public pays for them |
| By thenewstribune.com |
| Published: 11/14/2013 |
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Pierce County leaders don’t want to say it, but we will: They blew a crucial jail deal with the City of Tacoma a year ago. The city — which had long sent its low-level crooks to the county’s handy downtown jail — wound up sending them to Fife instead. As a result, the county lost $5 million in revenue, which forced a slew of layoffs, closed half of its very expensive lockup and siphoned an extra $2 million out of the county’s operating fund. The details — reported by The News Tribune’s Sean Robinson on Sunday and Monday — are complex and messy. They involve high expenses driven by an old lawsuit, spiking mental health costs and a state requirement that counties bear 100 percent responsibility for housing the felons who come from their cities. Read More. |
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