Hamilton County Jail capacity questioned after calls to hold violent offenders longer

CINCINNATI (WXIX) – Cincinnati and Hamilton County leaders said after the summer Downtown brawl that violent offenders need to be jailed longer, but that begs the question: Does the county jail have the capacity?

“We need to keep violent offenders in jail longer,” Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval proclaimed.

The call for violent offenders to be locked up for longer came during a press conference following the July 26 brawl…

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