Winnebago County Jail ‘a facility on edge’ – Journal-Standard (Freeport)

The dire description of the 1,324-bed, 385,000-square-foot facility is not the product of inefficient management, the report states, but rather the result of staffing levels that have dwindled for years, now leaving the jail about 50 officers short of the number it opened with in 2007 even though it houses more inmates today.

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