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Article: Study sheds light on jail population; Some still seek more analysis
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- March 20, 2005
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As Racine County moves closer to a multimillion-dollar jail
expansion project, some supervisors and community residents are still
looking for more information before making a final decision on the
issue.
A jail population data review, released last week, shows, among
other things, that most of the people who spent time in the crowded
Racine County Jail in 2004 were there for misdemeanor crimes, and
that only one in five was serving time for a more serious felony
case.
The study came at the request of residents and Racine County
supervisors who said they wanted to see an analysis of the jail
population before planning is completed on a possible multimillion-
dollar addition to ease crowding ...