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Between Blandwood and Edgeworth? Right where the new condos/apts are being built? Oh goodness, we need another jail downtown? (Is the reasoning that this is close to the courthouse?)

I'd prefer they build it far outta town, in the county.

no taxes are to high now.

I'm with Sue on this one...

Build the county jail on the site of the old war memorial baseball park. Tear it down and put it to good use.

Crime statistics relate that most of the crime committed in Guilford Cty is on the East side of Greensboro so in order to be sensitive to these criminals, keep them closer to home.

Any community neighborhood that continues to condone criminals should be rewarded with the detention facility to be built in their backyard.

For G_d sake don't build it downtown. Finally, downtown revitalization seems to be gaining momentum. Who wants a bunch of losers housed where positive things are happening?

Another thing, you ain't gonna build it with my money. Sales tax is already way high, Barnes is wanting a penny increase for two years, but we all know the increase would be permanent once the politicians get a hold of the money.

You want the criminals off the street but you don't want to foot the bill..mmmmm interesting. You should be supporting your bail bondsmen. The magistrates need to start lowering bonds instead of setting them so high. This is one reason the jails are over crowded now people just can’t make bail. Why set a $10,000.00 bond on a person who is picked up for an ounce of pot and a $1000.00 bond for a person who assaults a female, just doesn’t make sense. What I’m trying to say is that a bondsman saves the taxpayers $60.00 per day per inmate released on bond, That is the average cost of housing a inmate, 98% of all pick ups of individuals who skip court are done by the bondsman, and if they are not picked up and put back in jail for missing court guess who pays for the entire bond… the bondsman. The money is then sent to the schools so they can spend it on the children. The bottom line is they need to start at the bottom when the prisoner is brought in and they set the bond. If these people are allowed to make a reasonable bond then they would not be sitting in jail. As for where they are building the jail I think that would be a great use for the land. What do you think it would cost to transport a prisoner back and forth to jail, do you think it is safe for a officer to transport the inmate further than he needs to, I don’t but that is just my .02 worth.