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After the Indiana Tax Court ruled the Allen County Residents Against the Jail did not have to post a more than $90 million bond to keep its case against the funding plan for the new jail going, the ACLU of Indiana announced its intent to seek a prisoner release order for the Allen County Jail from the federal court.
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A special judge appointed by the Indiana Supreme Court gave herself until July 12 to decide whether the Allen County Residents Against the Jail should have to raise millions of dollars to keep its lawsuit going against the funding plan for the new jail.
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An Indiana Tax Court judge will hear arguments over the funding plan for the new Allen County jail this week after a group sued to stop the plan in the spring.
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After the ACLU filed a motion for a three-judge panel to set population levels at the Allen County Jail, Sheriff Troy Hershberger clarified what a prisoner-release means
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The lawsuits filed by a group of citizens attacking the funding structure of the planned jail have delayed the project, and attorneys representing inmates want to have the court step in.
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The two similar suits attack the structure put in place by county officials to pay for the $300-million project.
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The Allen County Residents Against the Jail filed suit against the Allen County Commissioners, the building corporation, and the Indiana Department of Local Government Spending to stop the county from using the Allen County Courthouse as collateral for bonds.
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With funding packages approved and conditions stabilizing in the existing jail, both sides agree another formal in-person status conference may not be necessary.
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The Allen County Council reversed its earlier decision and approve the bond payment needed for construction of the new jail.
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A federal judge told the Allen County Council and Commissioners to "vote to finance the jail or invite in other action."