As residents of severely flooded areas rebuild and repair, long-awaited federal funds have proven difficult to nail down.
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As residents of severely flooded areas rebuild and repair, long-awaited federal funds have proven difficult to nail down.
Recommendations to build bigger jails in North Carolina often come from the same firms that land jail design contracts, reports Jordan Wilkie of Carolina Public Press. Consultant methods may stack the deck in favor of big investments in jail construction.
County officials say new jail is an issue of simple math. Opponents say money is better spent elsewhere.