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Archive Home > 2010 > April > 11 > As jail vote nears, need is still there, sheriff says

As jail vote nears, need is still there, sheriff says

Bond would more than double capacity of Deschutes County jail, built in 1994

By Erin Golden / The Bulletin
April 11, 2010

Though the recession has slowed the once-frantic pace of growth in Deschutes County, Sheriff Larry Blanton says it hasn’t changed the county’s need for a bigger jail.

Next month, voters will be able to weigh in on a $44 million bond that would more than double the capacity of the current 228-bed....

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