New jail needed in Lyon

Monday, July 10, 2000 | 2:57 a.m.

The county jail in Yerington, which is shared by the county, Nevada Highway Patrol and Yerington and tribal police, has only 56 beds.

"Daily, we have an average of 70 or 80 for the jail," Smith said.

Rather than send criminals to jail, Smith said, many are sentenced to community service or the county's labor-in-lieu-of-jail program.

The sheriff said he thinks the new jail should be centrally located, probably in Siler Springs or Stagecoach.

But he said state law is unclear whether county jails must be located at the county seat. Yerington is the county seat.

"We need to have the district attorney or attorney general research that," he said.

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