After they were all captured, five of them wrote letters to action news. Commissioner mckinney raised concerns specific to the jail and the doc relationship, saying the county should be realistic about where were losing the most money and that the county must plan to stop the bleeding from jail -related expenditures. 14 inmates broke out of the jail on march 23.
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The yakima county prosecutor and sheriff say fewer people in jail does not mean it is less safe in the community. The yakima county jail in yakima , washington, is a medium-security detention facility operated by the yakima county sheriffs office. The board of county commissioners has been weighing the jail rebuild for several years. · budget concerns , aging infrastructure, violent offenders and staffing challenges are adding up for yakima county s jail.
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Contact us yakima county 128 north 2nd street yakima , wa 98901 contact us quick links alert yakima signup/login inmate lookup yakima county employment juvenile justice center · police officers assigned to domestic violence cases have said they’re seeing inmates abuse their texting privileges to threaten victims of domestic violence, scare them into taking back their statements and compel them to stop cooperating with authorities. It houses adult male and female detainees awaiting trial or sentencing, as well as those serving short sentences. · yakima county officials are asking voters to approve a sales tax increase next year to fund a potential rebuild of the county jail , an undertaking projected to cost upwards of $400 million. · doc and jail costs:
