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Does the ' county
need another jail?
W 'hen she dent. ings. EDer since this domestic
Anna Embree didn't Cou.ty Jail is overcrowded, cers. Instead of to serve and
know it could Superv~o~ ~ p.s~ng to to seth a.d sei~.
change her life. But build a bigger one. As a result, in Iowa City,
lng Iowa City police wo.~d build a $20.3 million, Coun~ the police are now
badges -- thought 256-~jailinaSa-acr~field mo.~gg~ive. Bem,-
differently, north of Melrose Avenue. The force, they are searching ruili-
n't be JOSEPH 7,000. far lengths to flll it. They
have her Art influx of alco]'~ol, an~ ~. nearly dou- police, courts and legislators
home reJated book/ngs/s the primary bled.