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SEPTEMBER 7, 2000

A shortage of guards at a new $9 million tribal jail on the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation in Colorado has delayed its opening.

The jail will house 78 adults, both male and female, as well as juvniles. It includes sobriety holding cells and a sweat lodge.

The Department of Justice released a study "Jails in Indian Country" in July detailing overcrowing at jails all over the country. More training and more staff were the top two recommendations made by staff at jails.

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Guard Shortage Delays Tribal Jail (AP 9/6)

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New study focuses on jails (Tribal Law 07/10)

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Jails in Indian Country 1998 and 1999, Bureau of Justice Statistics - www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/jic99.htm
The Bureau of Justice Statistics - www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs