By Gary Crooks

Published in The Spokesman Review on May 9, 2012

“The expansion of the jail isn’t just about building more capacity. It needs to be an overall exercise in remaking the criminal justice system so that it is more cost-efficient and financially sustainable. As Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich says, a new jail with significant criminal justice reforms would last 25 years before it needed expanding. A new jail under the status quo would give the county 10 years.”

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