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To the editor:
Bite the bullet and build a new jail: lay the blame at the feet of the problem where it belongs.
The commissioners get paid to do the job. Government is spending taxpayer’s money. It’s a slush fund. Everybody sees it, so get a bigger shovel and help yourself.
If the commissioners are trying not to burden the taxpayers, they won’t build a new jail. Fix the problems at the old jail for much less money. This is not the right thing to do.
If the state is not satisfied, turn it back over to the state. The present facility was a state-run prison camp. The woman who stripped her clothes off and threw feces and urine was a mental case and needs to be in a mental hospital.
Most in the jail are awaiting trial. Yes, the ones who can’t make bond are waiting 1-2 years.What happened to the guarantee of a speedy trial? The attorneys get 10-15 continuances to wear the victims out in hopes they won’t show up for court, or hope the victims die. Then they get a dismissal. The problem is the DAs and judges go along with it or allow it. The result is overcrowding in the jail. Attorneys use every excuse from their cat or dog dies.
The county commissioners don’t pay for nothing for the county.They get a salary. Being arrested doesn’t mean you’re guilty? False. You are presumbed guilty if you can’t prove you’re innocent, and you’re most likely found guilty.
It’s time to bite the bullet by the DAs and judges and not allow 10-15 continuances. That will solve the overcrowding at the jail. Fix the problems at a lower cost to the taxpayers. If a new jail is built, it will most likely be in eastern Davie to cater to the big boys, Bermuda Run.
The crime rate is down? That’s doubtful. The jail falling apart? Fix it. The sheriff’s staff is working diligently? That’s only 46 people, that’s not too tremendous. It’s holding inmates 1-2 years while awaiting trial. With 72 beds and a 75 capacity, it would only take a few cases to be tried sooner. How hard is that? Housing females in another county at a cost of $82,000 per year? That’s a small amount compaired to $37 million.
If the state is not satisfied, turn it over to them. The state would probably do a better job and not burden the county taxpayers.
There is a classified ad in the Enterprise asking for proposals to replace the smoke evacuation system. The system was installed, Joe Biden was commander in chief. He said he would not pardon son Hunter and he did. He was labled liar in chief. Sheriff J.D. Hartman is in the same boat
Pointing out the facts, I tend to leave no stone unturned. Farmers plow deep. There is another jail behind the courthouse being used for something else. Put it back in use. Problem solved.
John F. White
Mocksville