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Archive Home > 2006 > January > 29 > Options for jail terms limited

Options for jail terms limited

County struggles with alternatives as space, money put squeeze on local inmates

By Cindy Powers / The Bulletin
January 29, 2006

As officials consider a $125 million expansion to the overcrowded Deschutes County Jail, a quasi-parole board conducts its work, looking for ways to hold people accountable without taking up jail beds.

Each month, the county's Supervisory Authority Board reviews the cases of roughly two dozen....

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