Denver May 2005 Election
Peter Chronis has an opinion piece in support of the new Justice Center in today's Denver Post [February 22, 2005, "Ka-ching! Jail cost worth it"]. He writes: "Opponents don't want the new Denver jail downtown - the real estate's too expensive, they say. Well, the law says a county jail has to be within the county's boundaries, and there's no cheap real estate left anywhere in Denver. The old Denver jail on Smith Road is crowded, more than a half- century old, and dangerous for staff and inmates alike. Transporting inmates to the courts downtown by bus is an expensive, risky business and a made-for-TV movie waiting to happen. Prisoners awaiting trial would be held in a new, 1,500-bed downtown facility and taken to court through underground tunnels - away from the public in the City and County Building."
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