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Will county cost cutting doom empty, speculative jail in Waco?

In Waco, a jail built on spec remains less-than-half full, and the local newspaper is fretting that trends toward greater use of diversion programs may reduce demand for McLennan County Jail beds. Reported the Waco Tribune Herald ("Programs to reduce inmates could affect McLennan County jail," Nov 21, subscription only):State trends are leaning less toward brick-and-mortar jails to solve inmate overcrowding, but local officials are confident the county?s new detention center will eventually reach capacity, with or without programs to divert low-level offenders out of the system.County administrations around the state are seeking new alternatives, such as pretrial diversion services, to keep inmate populations down, reducing the strain on jails and shipping fewer prisoners to neighboring facilities, state officials said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on November 22, 2010 (boomark / email).