http://www.lafayette-online.com/community/2008/12/man-dies-tippecanoe-county-jail/ The original online guide to Greater Lafayette, Indiana. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:28:11 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.lafayette-online.com/community/2008/12/man-dies-tippecanoe-county-jail/comment-page-1/#comment-1518 woodstk1975 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:48:00 +0000 http://www.lafayette-online.com/?p=2404#comment-1518 This is no surprise, considering new inmates and kept in holding in their cell 23 hours a day an average of 35 days. It can take them up to a week to get a response for medical service. This is a result of overcrowding. I recently searched and found stories of overcrowding from 2000/2001 and obviously no one has done anything about this issue. Its time someone does something, dogs at the pound are treated better than inmates at the Tippecanoe County Jail. This is no surprise, considering new inmates and kept in holding in their cell 23 hours a day an average of 35 days. It can take them up to a week to get a response for medical service. This is a result of overcrowding. I recently searched and found stories of overcrowding from 2000/2001 and obviously no one has done anything about this issue. Its time someone does something, dogs at the pound are treated better than inmates at the Tippecanoe County Jail.

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