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Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Ind. Courts - "Tippecanoe courts 'out of space' for juvenile cases"
Dorothy Schneider of the Lafayette Journal & Courier reports:
About 10 years ago, the Tippecanoe County's juvenile court handled just fewer than 600 cases.In 2007, that number was 2,254. Because there are more cases and many of them stretch on for months, County Clerk Linda Phillips said it's important the county look at adding a court as part of the planned juvenile justice center.
"We are out of space in the courthouse," she said last week during a county brainstorming session on the project. "There's no place to put another warm body."
When county officials met with architects last week to weigh in on the design of the planned juvenile justice center, much of the discussion centered on whether new courts and associated office space should be included.
But cost estimates for a center that includes detention and intake, alternative services and courts with office space have ranged as high as $22 million, a figure some believe is swaying public opinion against the project.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on April 15, 2008 09:20 AM
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