Article: SENATORS ANNOUNCE FUNDING TO TACKLE JAIL OVERCROWDING, METH ABUSE

Article: Sheriff candidate tackles drugs, jail overcrowding.
Chattanooga Times/Free Press (Chattanooga, TN);  July 4, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... com. Drug awareness and jail overcrowding are among the primary issues ... East Tennessee Methamphetamine Task Force, which is a collaborative ... Mr. Alverson also said jail overcrowding could be eased by obtaining ...

Article: Jail Overcrowding and Light Sentencing are Putting ...
Canadian Corporate News;  March 3, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... on the McGuinty government to strike a task force to recommend ways to improve the jail ... gang warfare escalates. Thomas said the task force should examine living conditions for ... ways to alleviate the problems. The task force should examine: - Overcrowding and its ...

Article: The Jail -- Overcrowding, understaffing bedevil ...
Yakima Herald-Republic;  May 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... s the problem facing a 10-member task force appointed in February to help county ... county's Department of Corrections. The task force issued its recommendations to county ... jail. The actual cost, according to task force estimates -- assuming it eventually ...

Article: Fast, temporary relief sought for jail overcrowding
Oakland Tribune;  July 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... is a member of the county's Jail Crowding and Facilities Task Force, which has brought all of the players in corrections together ... and develop solutions. "There's certainly an impressive task force looking into this," Freer said. "I would hope something ...

Article: REPORT SLAMS THE SLAMMER SAVINGS, EFFICIENCIES SUGGESTED TO END ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  October 24, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... new lyrics for the jailhouse blues. The study, released yesterday at a meeting of the County Council's law and justice task force, urged county representatives to examine problems bogging down the criminal justice system, with a view to cost-saving ...

Article: Editorial board's endorsement of sheriff's policy ill-founded ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 9, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... supported. When you look at the facts, you will find the original proposal for speedy-trial courts was advanced by the Task Force for a Drug Free Milwaukee, a commission co-chaired by Norquist in 1989. As to the prospect of turning away criminals arrested ...

Article: Texas task force says jails need more relief
University Wire;  June 23, 2005 ;     666 words ... ... Texas -- The Travis County Jail Overcrowding Task Force has something to celebrate ... the past three years, the task force has successfully mitigated ... in the past. In 2002, the task force initiated a project called ...