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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.

The Frederick Douglass Project is a nonprofit that partners with prisons across the country to facilitate conversations between incarcerated people and people on the outside.

As business owners across the Cape prepare for the busy summer season, some are wondering how president-elect Donald Trump taking office will impact their ability to hire foreign workers.

Unlike a private vendor, the jail isn’t trying to make a profit, so the sheriff said she can devote more of her budget to attracting and retaining employees.

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.

Sheriff-elect Buckley says the agreement did not make community safer, but instead led to more fear.

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