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-- we build 3,000 beds tomorrow, i guarantee you itll be filled by the end of the day. >> narrator: with every bunk filled at louisville metro, some inmates sleep on the floor in boats -- hard, plastic shells that act as temporary beds. one of the boats was assigned to 34-year-old angie davis. >> this obviously is not where a bed is supposed to be. >> i want your juice, sugar. you gonna take this cake for a juice? shes...her juice. >> its right by the table where everyone eats, where everyone si...

For mentally ill population, cause we cannot build our way out of this problem. you know, theres a saying in this business, "if you build it, they will come." and, you know, you build a jail -- we build 3,000 beds tomorrow, i guarantee you itll be filled by the end of the day. >> narrator: with every bunk filled at louisville metro, some inmates sleep on the floor in boats -- hard, plastic shells that act as temporary beds. one of the boats was assigned to 34-year-old angie davis. >> this obviou...

Cause we cannot build our way out of this problem. you know, theres a saying in this business, "if you build it, they will come." and, you know, you build a jail -- we build 3,000 beds tomorrow, i guarantee you itll be filled by the end of the day. >> narrator: with every bunk filled at louisville metro, some inmates sleep on the floor in boats -- hard, plastic shells that act as temporary beds. one of the boats was assigned to 34-year-old angie davis. >> this obviously is not where a bed is sup...

Because we cannot build our way out of this problem. you know, theres a saying in this business, "if you build it, they will come." and, you know, you build a jail -- we build 3,000 beds tomorrow, i guarantee you itll be filled by the end of the day. >> with every bunk filled at louisville metro, some inmates sleep on the floor in boats -- hard, plastic shells that act as temporary beds. one of the boats was assigned to 34-year-old angie davis. >> this obviously is not where a bed is supposed to...

Out of this problem. you know, theres a saying in this business, "if you build it, they will come." and, you know, you build a jail -- we build 3,000 beds tomorrow, i guarantee you itll be filled by the end of the day. >> narrator: with every bunk filled at louisville metro, some inmates sleep on the floor in boats -- hard, plastic shells that act as temporary beds. one of the boats was assigned to 34-year-old angie davis. >> this obviously is not where a bed is supposed to be. >> i want your ju...

Within a day or two, the jail is completely maxed out. >> we are up against our capacity every day. every day, were approaching 2,000 inmates, with 1,793 beds. >> hey, over to your side. >> i think we lock up too many people in this country. i think we have to look at alternatives to incarceration for people that are lower risk, for mentally ill population, cause we cannot build our way out of this problem. you know, theres a saying in this business, "if you build it, they will come." and, you k...

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