Article: SENATE VOTES TO LET STATE KEEP EXCESS PRISONERS IN COUNTY JAILS

Article: COUNTY JAILS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO HOLD STATE ...
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  April 27, 1994 ;     479 words ... ... mandated the housing of state prisoners in county jails. The governor declared ... rescinded the mandate for county jails to house state prisoners. In their ... state to continue dumping state felons in the county jails. Per-diem reimbursement ...

Article: Two county jails fail state inspection.
Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, TX);  May 12, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... not completed in accordance with state jail standards. TCJS Executive Director ... Julian said his agency oversees all county jails in Texas, and three inspectors conduct ... of the issues in the report, and state inspectors will return to the jail ...

Article: A Crisis of Overcrowding In Alabama's County Jails; ...
The Washington Post;  June 8, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... and at many other county jails in Alabama these days ... laid out for unwelcome state prisoners whom no one ... long-troubled Alabama state prison system is in crisis once again, and the county jails, meant primarily to ... deadline that requires the state to remove 2,000 post ...

Article: SPECIAL REPORT State inmates serving hard time in Texas ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 5, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... 119 criminals to Texas county jails to help relieve prison overcrowding. The state is renting jail space ... up in the Lone Star State and have budgeted ... entering faster than the state can make room for them ... and programs in the county jails. At the Fox Lake medium ...

"Diagnostic center" is a processing center for inmates entering prison. ...
Magnum Photos;  January 1, 1967 ;     355 words ... ... prison. Men arrive there from county jails throughout the state. After about a month they ... america north america united states of america texas usa continent ... prison. men arrive there from county jails throughout the state. after about a month they ...

Article: State prisons fuel crowding at county jails: ...
Daily Press (Victorville, CA);  January 8, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... authorities say relief would require the state prison system to take custody of its inmates ... sentenced by the courts to serve time in state-run prisons are not being transported ... 200 -- it varies -- waiting to go to state. We can only take them to the state system ...

Article: STATE PRISONS SLOW TO ACCEPT TRANSFERS FROM COUNTY ...
The Virginian Pilot;  February 13, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... of inmates from other states, county sheriffs say ... inmates placed in the state system where they belong ... roughly 3,300 out-of-state inmates from four other states, the District of Columbia ... government. On average, the state gets paid $62.30 ...