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Archive Home > 2005 > December > 05 > Crook County evaluates need for more jail space

Crook County evaluates need for more jail space

Current arrangement works by renting space from Jefferson Co.

By Ernestine Bousquet / The Bulletin
December 5, 2005

PRINEVILLE - It was only midweek, but Crook County's 16-bed jail was already filled with inmates locked four men to a cell in a facility no bigger than a one-bedroom apartment.

For years, the 48-year-old jail has been busting at the seams, county officials said.

The county rents an additional 33....

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