Article: Beyond-capacity jail creates stress, danger

Article: Buchanan County will pursue new jail in Independence.
Waterloo Courier (Waterloo, IA);  June 16, 2006 ;     457 words ......Jun. 16--INDEPENDENCE -- Buchanan County officials pushed other...instead to build a new jail facility south of the...Matarelli said. Renovating the jail would cost the county...home, which was used as a jail until the fall of 2005...to review the proposed jail plans for any wasted ...

Article: Buchanan County voters get another crack at jail bond.
Waterloo Courier (Waterloo, IA);  August 18, 2007 ;     592 words ......Members of the Buchanan County Sheriff's Department say their old jail is falling apart...after Tuesday. Buchanan County residents will...bonds for a new jail and law enforcement...located south of the Buchanan County Courthouse is intended...the 67-year-old ...

Article: Buchanan County jail filled dozens beyond capacity
St. Joseph News-Press;  November 22, 2008 ;     516 words ...Less than a year ago the Buchanan County Sheriff's Department reported...of inmates in the county jail. Now, it's seeing the opposite...have," he said. When the jail had problems with overcrowding...said. Mr. Strong said the jail also has a lot of inmates...half of the people in the ...

Article: Estimates for Buchanan County Jail repairs suggest costly project.
Waterloo Courier (Waterloo, IA);  February 21, 2007 ;     476 words ......Feb. 21--INDEPENDENCE -- Buchanan County officials are looking at...for repairs to the aging jail's plumbing and electrical...preliminary estimates after State Jail Inspector Mike Richardson told them in December the jail again failed his review...install sprinklers in the jail. ...

Article: Referendum fails for Buchanan County jail.
Waterloo Courier (Waterloo, IA);  November 8, 2006 ;     325 words ......for $4.25 million for a jail and law enforcement facility...The existing 66-year-old jail is on the top floor of the Buchanan County Courthouse and has fallen into disrepair. The state jail inspector closed several...courthouse. A volunteer jail committee formed last year to look at ...

Article: Buchanan County voters approve referendum for new jail.
Waterloo Courier (Waterloo, IA);  August 22, 2007 ;     486 words ......according to the Buchanan County Auditor's Office. The jail proposal attracted...presented the new jail plan to Buchanan County residents. A similar...existing 66-year-old jail is on the third floor of the Buchanan County Courthouse. The...

Article: Buchanan County will revisit jail bond referendum.
Waterloo Courier (Waterloo, IA);  March 23, 2007 ;     468 words ......of curing ongoing problems with Buchanan County's aging jail. The Board of Supervisors approved...committee charged with looking at jail improvements believe building...existing structure or closing the jail and sending inmates to another...

Article: Buchanan County Jail population decreasing
St. Joseph News-Press;  December 31, 2007 ;     491 words ...The population at the Buchanan County Jail has dipped to its lowest level in years, a stark change from...work through the 5th Judicial Circuit. All criminal cases in Buchanan County begin at the Associate Circuit Court level, meaning after...

Article: Referendum for Buchanan County Jail headed to ballot.
Waterloo Courier (Waterloo, IA);  August 1, 2006 ;     508 words ......INDEPENDENCE -- The future of the Buchanan County Jail is in the hands of voters...could cost more than a new jail and law enforcement facility...between the school and the jail because we've been told...Gaffney, who is also on the jail committee. The idea for...renovating the ...

Article: Timing may play a role in success or failure of Buchanan County bond referendums.
Waterloo Courier (Waterloo, IA);  October 11, 2006 ;     695 words ......On Nov. 7, Buchanan County residents will...bonds for a jail. On Dec. 12...in 20 years. Buchanan County supervisors approved the jail's referendum...comments from Buchanan County residents skeptical the jail referendum will...

Article: Buchanan County supervisors express concern about jail plans.
Waterloo Courier (Waterloo, IA);  July 25, 2006 ;     533 words ......Nelson Jul. 25--INDEPENDENCE -- The Buchanan County Jail Committee met the first of many...comment since she serves on the jail committee. The proposed building...roughly double the existing jail's capacity -- and will place the...

Article: Buchanan County jurors will receive higher wages
St. Joseph News-Press;  October 2, 2000 ;     306 words ...Buchanan County residents will earn a few more dollars...pay should be more. Serving as a Buchanan County juror currently pays $20 a day for...assistant to the presiding judge. Buchanan County averages about six trials a month...

Article: WORST FEARS COME TRUE FOR VA. TOWN 1 DEAD, 1 MISSING IN BUCHANAN COUNTY
Roanoke Times & World News;  May 5, 2002 ;     537 words ......destroyed or seriously damaged, and a Buchanan County community half swept away. A 37-year-o...community of Hurley, was recovered by Buchanan County rescue workers late Thursday night...Three other people reported missing in Buchanan County were accounted for by the end of the...

Article: Buchanan County named disaster area.
Waterloo Courier (Waterloo, IA);  March 1, 2007 ;     305 words ......Local officials on Wednesday declared Buchanan County a disaster area. The announcement...forecast predicting rain and sleet. Many Buchanan County residents are still without power...emergency management director for Buchanan County. An emergency shelter is available...