By Luke Baumgarten

Published in The Inlander on May 30, 2012

“In 2008, Spokane County and the Sheriff’s Office agreed with Watkins: Jail isn’t enough. As part of a 2008 survey into corrections services, a consultant hired by the county, David Bennett, examined our justice system. There was talk of building a new jail, and Bennett’s job was to look at all the steps that lead to and from jail — from what happens to offenders pre-trial to what services are available when they go home — so that the county could restructure services, add programs and accurately gauge how big of a jail to build.”

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