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You had three. we were so badly overcrowded that we were facing federal sanctions. >> funded by a tax initiative, the jail underwent a major expansion adding nearly 400,000 square feet of space. then crime rates in savannah took abunexpected turn. >> after the jail reconstruction we dropped to 18, then 17 and 16. right now we're around 1,500 inmates. this is a trend that we're seeing nationally. the crime rate is down. it's hard to believe looking at the news that it's down because violent crime is so spectacular it generates news. and we're still having some bad people come in here. but that ...

>> it was at times tense. you had 1900 inmates and 12 0 beds, where you had a one-person cell, you had two in it. where you had a two-person cell, you had three. we were so badly overcrowded that we were facing federal sanctions. >> funded by a tax initiative, the jail underwent a major expansion adding nearly 400,000 square feet of space. then crime rates in savannah took abunexpected turn. >> after the jail reconstruction we dropped to 18, then 17 and 16. right now we're around 1,500 inmates. this is a trend that we're seeing nationally. the crime rate is down. it's hard to believe looking a...

>> it was at times tense. you had 1900 inmates and 12 0 beds, where you had a one-person cell, you had two in it. where you had a two-person cell, you had three. we were so badly overcrowded that we were facing federal sanctions. >> funded by a tax initiative, the jail underwent a major expansion adding nearly 400,000 square feet of space. then crime rates in savannah took abunexpected turn. >> after the jail reconstruction we dropped to 18, then 17 and 16. right now we're around 1,500 inmates. this is a trend that we're seeing nationally. the crime rate is down. it's hard to believe looking a...