You know a place is struggling when the headline for a new jail is spun favorably as job creation. And then to top it all off we get this quote from the sheriff:
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"We do have a purpose and our purpose is to make sure that those detained in this jail from the judicial branch are housed safely, and that our public is kept safe from those individuals that our system has deemed to be those who are unwilling to comply with our system of laws and rules," said Saginaw County Sheriff William Federspiel.
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I don't want to get too political, but a lot of other places are finding ways to downsize their bloated jail and prison populations. Reading that article and the quites, Saginaw officials appear
far too excited by this project. Even in the case that's it's needed, I'd expect this to be a more dispassionate affair.
Meh.