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09/03/2009 11:00 PM | Via: Sacramento Bee

Nurse shortage delays bookings at Sacramento County jail

A nurse at the Sacramento County Main Jail conducts a medical assessment last week in the jail's booking area. Budget cuts have forced a reduction in the number of nurses doing prisoner intake from four to two, often causing delays in the booking process and tying up... read the full story

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Sacramento County [...] Maness said. Most people arrested in Sacramento County are booked into the Main Jail. More than 150 [...] said. Alameda County is similar in size to Sacramento County , and books about 2,000 more inmates a year, [...]

Main Jail [...] incarceration has created a bottleneck at the Main Jail some days, sidelining officers for a third or [...] in Sacramento County are booked into the Main Jail . More than 150 people are booked into the [...]

Sacramento Police Department [...] The waits have become so problematic that the Sacramento Police Department has begun assigning "jail duty" – taking [...]

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