Webin erie county, 14 percent of county residents are black, but in contrast, on any given day in march 2019, before bail reform, 55 percent of people held in jail in erie.

— earlier in 2023 erie county executive mark poloncarz mentioned the idea of a new county jail with a significant $100 million to 200 million.

Webracial disparities in erie county jail population numbers have increased since bail reform.

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Webthe erie county jail was built in 1877 with room for 200 prisoners.

Webright now, the two facilities combined have about 700 personnel guarding around 500 inmates, a ratio unseen in the state prison system, where inmates outnumber their.

It was connected by an underground passage with what was then buffalo city hall (and… for.

It examines the capacity of both jails.

Legislators need to have all the data in order to make the right decision, and the current.

Webdetermining the future of the erie county jails is a monumental task.

Webthis policy brief presents data on the makeup of the erie county jail population, which has reduced by 48% since 2017.

Webin a victory for open government, the second circuit court of appeals today ruled that erie county must unseal reports on the conditions in its jails.

In the second quarter of 2019, black people made up 15 percent of the erie county.

The decision is a.

Weba local activist's column on erie county's new jail proposal misinterprets the effectiveness of carceral policies and wrongly advocates for addressing root causes.

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