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Sheriff Paul Heroux has called for the jail’s closure before, but now he’s looking for legislative support to fund moving Ash Street’s approximately 100 inmates to the main county jail in Dartmouth. And he has a fresh cost estimate: $10 million, though he says the move would pay for itself in less than three years.

As part of this new initiative, called Public Safety 2.0, the sheriff's office has opened a resource center in Barnstable called the Bridge Center, aimed at helping people turn their lives around after being incarcerated.

CAI's Jennette Barnes toured the Barnstable County Correctional Facility with Donna Buckley, the new county sheriff. Morning Edition host Patrick Flanary talks with Jennette about what she learned.

Activists who oppose Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson held a rolling protest through the streets of New Bedford and Dartmouth on Thursday.More than…