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Lawmakers back study of county jails and regional correctional centers amid capacity concerns
Summary
House Bill 11 97, revised into a legislative-management study, would examine county jails, regional correction centers and the impact of housing state-sentenced inmates locally. Witnesses said North Dakota counties face capacity constraints and sharply rising costs for new jail construction.
Representative Kathy Freilich told the Workforce Development Committee that House Bill 11 97, now a legislative-management study, was prompted by county jail capacity problems and the cost pressures of building and operating correctional facilities.
Freilich said the bill originally proposed grant funding for jail construction but was revised into a study after limited appetite for appropriations. "We are in a crisis," she said, urging the Legislature to examine county jails,…
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