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| Coalinga considers putting unused, costly jail up for sale |
| By fresnobee.com- Marc Benjamin |
| Published: 09/04/2014 |
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Three years after the Claremont Custody Center in Coalinga closed, city officials are weary of the growing financial burden and are considering selling the jail. The City Council will take up the issue tonight. The state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation had leased the building from the city for 20 years after it opened in 1991. The jail was closed when the state prison realignment program began shifting inmates to county jails. The state removed inmates from the Coalinga jail and three similar Kern County jails that were under state contracts. Today, the city's 70,000-square-foot jail is a costly vacancy. Read More. |
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