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October 13, 2016
Aging county jails become grimmer, more dangerous as funding problems persist
By ANDREW SELSKY
Associated Press
Associated Press
AP Photo/Andrew Selsky
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This cell inside the decades-old Crook County Jail in Prineville, Ore., houses four inmates. It was built decades ago to store firefighting equipment.
PRINEVILLE, Ore. — The noise in the tiny jail, built decades ago to house firefighting equipment, is constant. Voices bounce off the walls.
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