Fresno jail to expand annex use Supervisors allow sheriff's proposal to ease crowding.(LOCAL NEWS) From: The Fresno Bee (Fresno, CA) | Date: May 26, 2004| Author: Ginis, Kerri | COPYRIGHT 2004 The Fresno Bee. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Kerri Ginis THE FRESNO BEE

The Fresno County Jail is near capacity, prompting Sheriff Richard Pierce to find more room for the recent surge of inmates.

The alternative was returning inmates to the streets.

Pierce went to the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday and got its OK to open the north jail annex's fifth floor, which hasn't been used to house adult inmates since it was added last year.

"We are at 97% capacity in the beds we hav...

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