Sheriff says jail not as busy with contracts

After several years of housing prisoners for other counties the Cherokee County Law Enforcement Center numbers have decreased.According to Sheriff David Groves, the closing of a cabinet factory in Wichita has had a negative effect locally.“Sedgwick County was housing with several counties because they couldn’t staff several wings of their jail,” said Groves. “Then a cabine...

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