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Jail Cells Empty - Courtesy Of 287G

It's a problem officials deal with time and time again, overcrowded jails with too many inmates and too little space, but in Davidson County officials said the exact opposite is true. In fact, there have so much extra space, they're renting it out. Sheriff Daron Hall said it's not a sudden dip, instead arrests have been steadily declining for the past four years. That's the same time the More..y started the controversial 287G program. There are almost 700 cells in Davidson County Jail System that haven't housed an inmate for months. "Usually after Thanksgiving, first of the year our numbers typically drop," said Lawanda Page the administrator for one of the county's correctional facilities. But it's not the season, or the cold weather which can bring a drop in crime, it's a trend Sheriff Daron Hall's been seeing for a few years. "What we know is the arrests numbers are down bringing people in the jail system is down significantly some 5000 from the year before and it's the lowest we've had in the past four years," said Sheriff Daron Hall. And it was four years ago that Hall signed Davidson County on to the 287G program. They now deport any arrestee in the country illegally. So far, 8000 illegal immigrants have been sent home. Hall said many of them would end up in one of the now empty cells. "What happens is you've taken 8000 people out of the arrest pool and who have by the way, the first year we did the program the majority had been arrested more than one time so they ...

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