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Portsmouth city leaders want to formally transition into the Hampton Roads Regional Jail by January. But Sheriff Michael Moore said he's aiming to move the process along even quicker to try and secure the facility and relocate before the start of the holiday season.
Portsmouth looking to buy Hampton Roads Regional Jail dailypress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailypress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
PORTSMOUTH — City leaders are moving forward with plans to purchase the Hampton Roads Regional Jail facility later this month, and might be able to move in by July. The jail, on Elmhurst Lane in Portsmouth, opened to fanfare in 1998 with a capacity of 1,300. The publicly owned facility housed overflow inmates from Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Norfolk, Hampton and Newport News. But in October, the .
PORTSMOUTH — City leaders are exploring whether the basement of Portsmouth City Jail can support overnight stays for juvenile inmates to reduce the burden of officers and deputies transporting them to court from housing facilities hours away. Until last year, the city had an agreement to house youth charged with crimes with Chesapeake Juvenile Services, which had been holding minors for other .