New jail edging back toward front burner
Quote Originally Posted by Rick Barry, Pelican Press
More than 10 years ago, Sarasota County had plans, drawings and a firm eye on a mid-county site for a jail for sentenced prisoners to relieve critical overcrowding. It would provide some services so that those inmates serving up to 11 months, 29 days, could perhaps deal with their addictions, mental health issues or obtain some job skills, instead of staring at walls and watching themselves deteriorate as they mark time before rejoining us.

But that, of course, didn't happen. No one wanted a jail anywhere near their backyard...
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