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One county jail offers relief for state prison overcrowding
By theolympian.com- Jordan Schrader
Published: 12/08/2014

Inmates in state prisons have been sleeping on the floor. Meanwhile, thousands of jail cells and even whole jails sit empty.

A match made in heaven? Not necessarily, state officials say. Jails run by local governments and prisons run by the state are different animals, they insist.

Be that as it may, the state is slowly moving toward greater use of jail beds – so far mainly in just one place, Yakima.

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