Jail Crowding Presses Need for Options On Low-Level Offenses

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Yakima County commissioners and Department of Corrections Director Steve Robertson are looking at the possibility of keeping certain people out of the county jail when they're arrested.

That's a good idea for now, given the fact that the main lockup and annex are bulging at the seams. Besides, they're only talking about not jailing people arrested for certain low-level crimes, not inmates who have been convicted and are serving time.

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Jail Crowding Presses Need for Options On Low-Level Offenses

But we'd like to see local and state officials, legislators, the judiciary and governor's office take it one step further for the long haul and order an in-depth invest...

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