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| Yakima County jail set to make transition to mental health facility |
| By yakimaherald.com- Phil Ferolito |
| Published: 12/16/2015 |
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After sitting mostly empty for five years, the Yakima County jail on Pacific Avenue will begin housing suspects who are being treated for mental illness. During a regular business meeting Tuesday, Yakima County commissioners approved a $475,000 annual contract with Central Washington Comprehensive Mental Health to house inmates whose trials are pending while they undergo mental health treatment. The contract is the first real promise that county officials have seen for putting the minimum-security jail to good use since it was closed at the end of 2010. Built in 2006, the jail’s sole purpose was to house inmates under contract from other communities. But authorities were forced to close the structure when the county lost several inmate contracts worth millions of dollars. Meanwhile, the jail’s construction debt will loom over the county until it expires in 2022. The contract with Comprehensive Mental Health is a step in the right direction toward getting the jail to one day pay for itself, Commissioner Kevin Bouchey said Tuesday. Read More. |
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