With violent inmates and financial concerns, Yakima County officials consider jail's future

[rangerrebew]

With violent inmates and financial concerns, Yakima County officials consider jail's future
PHIL FEROLITO Yakima Herald-Republic Apr 5, 2023  0
 
 
Yakima County’s jail once boasted a booming inmate population with more than 900 people housed on a given day.

Many inmates were from other communities housed under contracts that brought millions of dollars into the corrections department.

Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

The inmate population plummeted to 420, a 30-year low, as authorities worked to limit numbers and reduce possible exposure to the virus. Contracts mostly vanished, there were 30 layoffs and the jail’s annual budget dwindled from $32 million to about $26 million.

Today, finances are not much better at the jail at 111 N. Front St. in downtown Yakima.

https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/with-violent-inmates-and-financial-concerns-yakima-county-officials-consider-jails-future/article_78be09e4-ca8a-11ed-a3f9-03ff3fa32c03.html

[rangerrebew]

They need to roll up the carpets, turn out the lights (to reduce global warming, of course), and put a closed sign on the police department.  Just allow those poor violent criminals roam the streets killing and maiming citizens.  God help those monsters if they are caught littering, though.