This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, November 28th, 2022. Later in the program, the Community Justice Response Committee continued their discussion of the proposed site for a new jail. More in today’s feature report. But first, your daily headlines: MCPL Board of Trustees Discuss Vital Program, Employee Health Benefits At the Monroe County Public Library Board of Trustees meeting …
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The complex issues with Monroe County’s current jail, and the task of building a new jail has been looming over county officials’ heads for several years now. A criminal justice and incarceration study was commissioned by Monroe County in 2019 which detailed the problems with the current jail, notes Monroe County attorney Jeff Cockerill. “At that point in time, Did …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, November 21st, 2022. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Kayan Tara reports on ongoing complications with rezoning the potential new jail. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton announced he will not seek re-election in 2023. Two Democratic candidates confirmed they are …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, November 15th, 2022. Later in the program, the Bloomington Plan Commission gave a negative recommendation to rezone the proposed location of the new Monroe County jail during their latest meeting. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, the latest episode of Lil Bub’s Lil Show, a …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, October 20th, 2022. Later in the program, we have some updates from the Community Justice Response Committee on the potential new jail site on Fullerton Pike. More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming up in the next half hour, Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb said he would not follow President …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, October 19th, 2022. Later in the program, we have the latest edition of Disabulletin – a segment on disability and neurodiversity issues. Correspondent Abe Shapiro continues his coverage on a lawsuit against the rideshare company Lyft for the alleged lack of wheelchair accessible vehicles. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, October 6th, 2022. Later in the program, we have a brief update on Monroe County’s proposal to build a new jail. This comes from the producers of Kite Line – our public affairs program devoted to prison issues in the Midwest and beyond. More in the bottom half of our program. Also …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, October 5th, 2021. Later in the program, we have Part I of an interview with Judah Schept, an organizer for Decarcerate Monroe County, regarding the expansion of the Monroe County Jail. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, we have Better Beware – your weekly consumer-watchdog …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, September 27th, 2021. Later in the program, we have an excerpt from our public affairs program Kite Line, from an episode titled “A Slightly Bigger Cage – Jail Expansion for Monroe County.” More coming up in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, the Monroe County Board of …
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According to a recently completed study of incarceration and the local criminal justice system, Monroe County has uncovered a number of “critical issues” that “require urgent attention and remediation.” Initiated in 2019, the “cornerstone-purpose of this study was twofold: 1) gain a clearer understanding of jail conditions and court related practices, and 2) obtain recommendations for improving incarceration and court- related …
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