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Cochise County sheriff holds public jail-district meetings, says county needs new jail
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Sheriff Mark Dannels and county officials held the first of several jail-district meetings in Sierra Vista and said the countyneeds a new jail; sheriff also described a statewide corrections sweep that found homemade alcohol but no drugs or weapons inside the county facility.
Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels said the county held the first of several jail-district meetings in Sierra Vista this week and reiterated that the county needs a new jail.
At the meeting, Dannels and local officials described outreach and answered residentsquestions about detention conditions and the countyjail system. "We want people to understand the jail, why we do it. We need a jail, no doubt about it," Dannels said on KWCD's First Watch radio program.
The sheriff described the Sierra Vista event as a "unified front," with participation from county officials and court leaders. He named Kathleen Gomez, County…
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