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Green Tries To Resolve Jail Issue

The problem of jail overcrowding is not going away in Kootenai County, so ways to address the problem must continue to be explored, said Commissioner Dan Green. “In my opinion, there are at least four options available at this time,” Green said Tuesday. He said he isn’t endorsing any of the options, but one is to appeal last week’s decision by District Court Judge John Stegner. Stegner decided a lease agreement with Rocky Mountain Corrections, of Ketchum, should not proceed because it violates the Idaho Constitution. Green and Sheriff Ben Wolfinger supported the lease agreement, which would have had Rocky Mountain building and owning a new and larger jail facility that the county would lease and operate. Green said revisions to the language in the non-appropriation clause within the lease agreement could address the judge’s concerns/ David Cole , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here.

Question: Is the answer to Commissioner Green’s dilemma re: jail expansion alternatives simply the statement: “No!”?

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