County jail in Prescott expanding operations

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PRESCOTT, AZ (AP) -

The Yavapai County jail in Prescott now is open around the clock.

Sheriff Scott Mascher says the jail switched from operating 12 hours a day so that law enforcement agencies throughout the county would have a more convenient place to book people.

Before Sunday, any person arrested outside those hours was taken to the detention center in Camp Verde. Mascher says that had raised safety concerns.

No inmates will be housed at the Prescott jail. Rather, they will be sent to Camp Verde.

Mascher has been working with the county supervisors on a design for a new jail in Prescott that could provide those services.

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