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State law requires such a study be done before a new jail can be built, according to the county’s legal department.

The sheriff’s office wants the county council to invest in staffing and treatment programs at the current jail.

The local NAACP branch says Black people are being jailed at disproportionately higher rates in Monroe County now more than ever before.

The committee says it’s considering ways to invest in social services to reduce the number of people entering the criminal justice system.

A local expert says people with criminal histories are often not considered when applying for housing in south-central Indiana.

A group working to give fiscal recommendations for a new Monroe County Jail says reentry services for those leaving jail could be more effective if they had better collaboration.

The group’s first meeting was largely procedural and covered subjects such as when meetings will be noticed and how they’ll be led.