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Wake County Jails Struggle Under Iryna's Law | Durham News
Wake County jails are bursting at the seams, forcing sheriffs to turn multipurpose rooms into cells and ship inmates elsewhere just to keep up. The chaos stems from Iryna’s Law, which restructured cashless bail and is clogging the system—without asking cops to stop arresting. The county’s throwing down seven million bucks to hire more deputies, medical staff, and gear like portable beds and phones, while defense attorneys warn cases are dragging on for months due to lack of monitoring tech and manpower. But there’s hope: a renovated annex will add 240 beds next year, and the main facility’s…
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