Jail bond approval spells relief for one Bakken county while another rejects expense

摘要

Voters in one eastern Montana county approved adding jail space while a neighboring county rejected the expansion of its detention facilities as the region strains to deal with rising crime rates amid the Bakken oil boom. "We have been at capacity or over capacity for several years," said Gary MacDonald, a commissioner in Roosevelt County, which allocated $11.8 million for jail expansion.