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Marion County may consider early release to relieve jail crowding
By fox59.com- Russ McQuaid
Published: 04/29/2016

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- As Indianapolis residents demand safer neighborhoods, IMPD officers and Marion County Sheriff’s deputies have done their jobs locking up an increasing number of violent offenders.

“Today if you compared this date to 2015 and 2014, we have 429 more people in our custody than we did on those days,” said MCSO Col. Louis Dezelan. “There are more officers on the streets so there are more arrests.”

Last year approximately 64% of the people arrested in Marion County were processed and sent home from the Arrestee Processing Center. This year that number has climbed to 73%.

“We think the quality of the arrests are higher,” said Dezelan. “There are people who are charged with more serious offenses.”

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