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...coffee pot and make sure the jail's toilet tissue dispenser was always full. Other aspirants rely on more tested means, like the hopeful who left bottles of bourbon on doorsteps throughout town. And occasionally the elections can get nasty. Last year, the independent candidate for sheriff shot his opponent and continued to campaign from the jail...
Whether or not such charges are true, there is no question that many past county officials have not adhered to conventional rules of procedure. A former county sheriff was caught wildcat strip mining, while other officials have solicited illegal campaign contributions, used county property for private purposes or, as the local paper reported, "duked it out" with the jail matron. All this has led to widespread political apathy. As Gladys Maynard, chairman of a relatively new citizen's action group, observes. "A lot of people here have been deprived and deceived so much by county officials and corporations...
Eleven prisoners were transferred to the Jail immediately after Superior Court Judge Charles R. Albert's decision, where they spokesman for the sheriff's department, said that because of limited funding this spring they will only use one of the Jail's four floors. The jail occupies the top four floors of the Middlesex County Courthouse building...
Knopf added that the jail will open officially on July I when it receives $2 6 million for operating expenses Presently, the prison is operating with guards from nearby Billerica prison. The sheriff's department will gradually bring in more prisoners and expects-to reach the jail's 150-inmate capacity by October, Knopf said...
Contending that the jail is a danger to public safety. Cambridge residents and officials have been batting for two years to keep long-term prisoners out of the jail Middlesex County Sheriff's Department officials last month began housing overnight prisoners there for the first time since the jail's completion in 1974 after nearby jails became over crowded...