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JAIL CROWDING: Many will end up on streets

| March 29, 2023 1:00 AM

I honestly hate to nag about the long arm of North Idaho law, but do you think the sheriff would mind “bunking” Trump on the jail cell floor to await trial?

Those places are never designated to white collar crime nor groping groomers. First, it’s legally out of the question.

That would be a disservice to the powers that be. (House arrest, billable hours and tax revenues keep the condo building grinding forward.)

We can expect many of those on the jail floor now will wind up on the streets. I guess the county is getting them well adjusted to neglect and shame in a controlled environment.

The state can expect 10,000 new residents willing to cross the border to avoid Boise’s constant draconian measures on abortion, hemp, etc.

If this keeps up, the sheriff might be dealing with his own Camp Hope or deputies harvesting adrenachrome to stay on their feet.

STEVEN REYNALDS

Coeur d’Alene