Cramped cells and costly solutions: inside Sarasota’s jail overcrowding crisis

Michael, 51, is four days away from graduating from Sarasota County’s 120-day Restore program.

He was at the Sarasota County Jail for about four and a half months. As a part of his plea deal, he was required to participate in a jail alternative. He requested that his last name be withheld.

The program was one of many implemented as a result of jail overcrowding…

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