The link below connects you to an article in the Johnson City Press about legislation proposed by State Rep. David Hawk. His bill is an attempt to provide relief to counties that are struggling with overcrowded jails. According to the article, Rep. Hawk is working on legislation that would provide that overcrowding alone cannot cause the state to de-certify a local jail.
The majority of counties across the state have either recently finished an expansion of an existing jail or construction of a new one or they in the planning or construction process currently. Many times the overcrowded conditions are compounded by the presence of state prisoners - convicted felons either sentenced locally or kept in the local jail because of a lack of room in state prisons.
http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/Detail.php?Cat=LOCALNEWS&ID=65947
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