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Article: Vic; Home detention needed to ease jail ...
AAP General News (Australia);  November 13, 2000 ;     617 words ...AAP General News (Australia) 11-13-2000 Vic; Home detention needed to ease jail overcrowding Minister By Trevor Chappell, State Political Correspondent MELBOURNE, Nov 13 AAP - New, high-tech means of detaining criminals ...

Article: Local jail overcrowding: challenges for the public ...
Public Management;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... local government managers worry about jail overcrowding? There are a good number of reasons ... respected studies consistently hold that jail overcrowding stems from: 1. Mandatory sentencing ... A Common but Unnecessary Cause of Jail Overcrowding suggests that although "jail bloating ...

Article: Subcommittee set up to deal with jail overcrowding ...
Xinhua News Agency;  April 23, 2008 ;     358 words ...Subcommittee set up to deal with jail overcrowding in L.A. LOS ANGELES, April 23 ... Wednesday. The multi-department Jail Overcrowding Subcommittee of the Countywide Criminal ... Executive Officer William Fujioka. Jail overcrowding presents security risks, limits ...

Article: JAIL OVERCROWDING GETS A 2ND LOOK
Post-Tribune (IN);  May 12, 1993 ;     527 words ... ... 28,500 to provide other options to solve the chronic jail overcrowding that has county officials concerned they aren't complying ... commissioners, concerned that they needed to provide a long-term jail overcrowding solution to federal Judge Allen Sharp by May, hired Phillips ...

Article: Sheriff candidate tackles drugs, jail overcrowding.
Chattanooga Times/Free Press (Chattanooga, TN);  July 4, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... editorial board, go to tfponline.com. Drug awareness and jail overcrowding are among the primary issues facing the Hamilton County ... program, I believe, was correct." Mr. Alverson also said jail overcrowding could be eased by obtaining more bed space. He suggested ...

Article: S.L. County again tackles jail overcrowding
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  March 18, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Lake County has taken a significant step for relief of jail overcrowding in its hiring of a "criminal justice coordinator" this ... Alan Kalmanoff, which recommended various ways to relieve jail overcrowding. Ever since it opened in January 2000, Salt Lake County ...

Article: Macon County officials say they're already taking steps to speed ...
Herald & Review (Decatur, IL);  July 28, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... justice officials say they already are taking steps to reduce jail overcrowding by trying new strategies to make the courts more efficient ... plea deals can be made. "For the immediate problem of jail overcrowding, we've upped our negotiation times," Ahola said ...