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Washington County Jail Remains Closed after Voters Reject Tax Hike
Loaded on May 19, 2014
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2014, page 54
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Washington County Jail Remains Closed after Voters Reject Tax Hike
Officials in Yakima County, Washington say a deal struck with the city of Fife, near Tacoma, to house the city’s prisoners will help make up for lost income from an empty county jail that failed to win the support ...
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