Word: jail
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County officials began housing prisoners at the Cambridge jail two weeks ago for the first time since its completion in 1974, after nearby jails became overcrowded...
Officials of the state Department of Public Safety will announcing today whether they will issue a permanent certificate of occupancy for a jail located on the 17th through 20th floors of the Middlesex Country Courthouse building in East Cambridge...
...state panel has the authority to overrule the Cambridge building commissioner's recent denial of a permit to allow the Middlesex County sheriff to house prisoners in the jail. The commissioner called the jail a fire hazard because it lacks a sprinkler system...
Later in the month, a superior court judge will determine the jail's future when he considers the county's appeal of a ruling last week that the jail is too unsafe to house prisoners Today's decision will have a great influence on the appeal, officials agree...
...registrants are now subject to a five-year jail term and a $10.000 fine, but Rep Les Aspin (D-Wis.) said last week that he will introduce legislation to cut the penalty...