State prisoner cutbacks are causing headaches for Hickman County Jail
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February 15, 2011
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By Gaye Bencini, Hickman County Times, republished with permission
The future looks bleak for the Hickman County Detention Center.
Jailer Chad Frizzell reported a total of 39 state prisoners. "That's low, low, way down," he said. It's a problem county jails are facing across the state due to the state's early release program.
"Fifteen years ago they wanted us to build bigger jails to handle inmates' overcrowding," Frizzell said. "Now they've cut the number of inmates and left us hanging."
