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Metro Corrections to house inmates in gyms because of overcrowding
By wdrb.com- Jason Riley
Published: 06/28/2016

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Two months after overcrowding at Louisville Metro Corrections prompted officials to move dozens of inmates to an unused, illegal jail built in the 1950s, that old jail has now reached capacity.

Metro Corrections officials have begun preparing to move inmates into temporary housing in gyms at both the jail and the Hall of Justice downtown, bringing in portable showers, toilets and beds.

Though deemed unsafe by state officials, the 60-year-old former jail above Louisville Metro Police headquarters has been used for the last few months to alleviate overcrowding in Metro Corrections.

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