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Do Limestone and McLennan Counties need three jails apiece?

Counties currently looking to build speculative jails to generate revenue should look to Limestone County to see the Catch-22 that decision places them in. Reported the Mexia Daily News on July 22 (pronounced "Ma-Hay-Uh' for you foreigners): ?The Limestone County jail population continues to soar. The population this year is exceeding all expectation,? County Judge Daniel Burkeen said this week.Part of this is due to growing jail populations per capita everywhere. And part is likely due to the fact that Limestone County is growing. The result is increasingly expensive for the Limestone County taxpayer. Limestone County?s jail is less than half the size needed to hold the current jail population, much less any additional growth, the Judge explains...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on August 12, 2008 (boomark / email).