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Supervisors Seek Expansion of Detention Facilities

RIVERSIDE - Plans to expand Riverside County jail facilities to reduce the number of inmates being returned to the streets because there's not enough space to keep them locked up will be on the Board of Supervisors' agenda tomorrow.

Supervisors Marion Ashley and Jeff Stone will be asking their colleagues to support a proposal titled ''Incarcerate More Prisoners Responsibly In Satisfying Overwhelming Need,'' or IMPRISON.

The immediate goal is to expand the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning by adding onto existing jail wings so there's room for an additional 400 to 1,600 inmate bed...

 

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