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Working inmates now under one roof
Couch consolidates county jails work release program
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Hall County work release inmates load into a transport bus Friday morning as they travel to their new home at the Hall County Jail. The former female work release facility on Vine Street once housed the Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center prior to the county taking it over.
Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch announced and enacted Friday the department’s consolidation of the county’s work release program to the jail’s main facility on Barber Road. An inmate on work release is allowed to work, and when the shift ends, heads back to jail. Maintaining separate quarters for work release inmates has been a significant financial burden on the department, Couch said.