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Pixabay/It's a fair bet that not a single woman thinks with any kind of warm glow about giving birth in jail or prison. But birth behind bars happens, and women… -
Erik Neumann / JPR/For years, the Jackson County Sheriff has been lobbying for a new, larger jail. The county commissioners voted Wednesday to put that question to the…
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The sheriff of Jackson County is continuing to campaign for a new jail to address what he says is serious overcrowding at the facility in… -
Raising taxes has always been a tough sell in Josephine County. We'll know in a few weeks if the lack of sheriff's department patrols and a rise in crime…
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Klamath County is another of the counties constrained by a small public safety budget. Now a group is proposing a fee on every household and business in…
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Journalists have the differences between "jail" (shorter-term stays, generally pre-trial) and "prison" (longer stays, post-conviction) hammered into them.…
