[qingcharles]

The stats are bullshit, and here's why. I did a deposition with the director once. I asked him why the conditions at the jail are so repugnant. He stated that since they are such a very short-term facility (based on the stats you've seen) that there was no need for better conditions.

So, we dug into the stats. Turns out those stats are heavily skewed by recording the vast majority of criminal defendants who bond out in the first 24, 48 hours. Certainly within 7 days. A lot of people (in the past) were cycled through the doors on petty traffic offenses, trespassing, drunkeness etc. This hides the thousands who end up stuck for months and years inside the jail.