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VA: Fairfax County Weighs Suing State Over Crowded Jails

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Board Weighs Suing State Over Crowded Jails By Amy Gardner Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, June 3, 2008; B05 Fairfax County is considering a lawsuit against Virginia if the state goes through with plans to rent 1,000 prison beds to other states while leaving hundreds of its own inmates in crowded local jails at local expense. Supervisors agreed yesterday to look into the possibility of joining with Virginia Beach, the state's second-largest jurisdiction, where Sheriff Paul J. Lanteigne has said he will sue if Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) does not act this week. Lanteigne confirmed yesterday that he would file the suit today. "The state has always used our local jails as a way of avoiding the cost of putting state inmates in state prison, where they belong," said Fairfax Supervisor Michael R...continue to full post

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