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Sheriff: Dakota County Jail Population Growing

Dakota County Sheriff Dave Bellows updates you on the latest county happenings.

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Each week, Dakota County Sheriff Dave Bellows releases a newsletter.

In case you haven't seen it, Patch has it.

Here is a sample of what was found in the newsletter.

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Over the past several weeks, the jail population has continued to climb. During the past week, the average daily population stood at 266 inmates. We continue to board our

female inmates at the Ramsey County Workhouse and, over the past week, we averaged 46 per day.

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