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Article: S.L. County again tackles jail overcrowding
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- March 18, 2005
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Salt Lake County has taken a significant step for relief of jail
overcrowding in its hiring of a "criminal justice coordinator" this
week.
"We have discovered that a reduction in crime rates does not
result in a corresponding reduction in jail population," County Mayor
Peter Corroon said. "(The hire) will help us find feasible ways to
handle the criminal justice system and the county's needs in this
respect."
Ronald Gordon, an attorney, comes to the county after three years
as director of the state sentencing commission. He started his new
job Wednesday.
Gordon's hiring is a follow-up to a study, done last spring by
California consultant Alan Kalmanoff, which recommended various ways
to ...