Word: jail
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After a month long dispute, the Middlesex County Sheriff's Department has full author its to use an East Cambridge jail On Thursday a judge dismissed the city's charges that the jail is a tire hazard where prisoners should not be confined...
...judge dismissed the case the day after a panel from the state Department of Public Safety issued a permit certifying the jail's compliance with appropriate building codes...
Eleven prisoners were transferred to the Jail immediately after Superior Court Judge Charles R. Albert's decision, where they spokesman for the sheriff's department, said that because of limited funding this spring they will only use one of the Jail's four floors. The jail occupies the top four floors of the Middlesex County Courthouse building...
Knopf added that the jail will open officially on July I when it receives $2 6 million for operating expenses Presently, the prison is operating with guards from nearby Billerica prison. The sheriff's department will gradually bring in more prisoners and expects-to reach the jail's 150-inmate capacity by October, Knopf said...
...weeks ago, after nearby jails became overcrowded. Henneberry began housing overnight prisoners at the jail for the first time since its completion in 1974. Thirty-nine prisoneers are now staying at the jail...