DeSoto Supervisors Green Light Jail Addition

HERNANDO, Miss. — DeSoto County supervisors recently approved the second phase of construction on the DeSoto County jail, which will include space for 268 new inmates. When completed, the addition will greatly increase the county’s inmate housing capacity, bringing the jail up to 572 beds.

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Overcrowing Leads to Jail Planning in Philippines

QUEZON CITY, Philippines — Government officials here are hoping to construct a new detention facility capable of holding up to 1,000 inmates that are awaiting final court decision.
 
The Quezon City government has allocated P33 Million to buy land for the proposed Quezon City Jail facility, according to reports.

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Planning for New Jail Now Underway

HOT SPRINGS, S.D. — A new Fall River County Jail is in the planning stages. Members of the Fall River County Planning Committee — made up of a quorum of county commissioners — met on March 7 to discuss a wide range of topics, including how the committee would function, staffing of the potential facility, and how the hillside behind the proposed structure might be affected.

 
County Auditor Sue Ganje told the committee that the county had $600, 000 in its building fund and a total of $1,195,814 in its jail fund.

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New Orleans Officials Vote for Smaller Jail

NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans City Council has voted unanimously to pass an ordinance authorizing the construction of a new jail that is much smaller than what had previously been planned in a bid to reduce the city’s prison population.
 
The ordinance calls for the construction of a 1,438-bed jail, less than a third of the size of the originally proposed expansion that called for more than 4,000 beds

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