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All 74 inmates who were being housed in the county's old jail at 14 W. Main St., Batavia, were seamlessly transferred Wednesday morning to the new facility at 3839 W. Main Street Road, Genesee ...
BATAVIA, NY (WHAM) - Genesee County is planning to build a new state-of-the-art jail, but leaders say it's going to come at a hefty price for taxpayers. The $60 million dollar jail will be located ...
BATAVIA, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Genesee County Sheriff’s Office says a Lackawanna man lied to them about having drugs when he was brought to the County Jail. On Sunday night, Adam Bortle, 38, was ...
BATAVIA — The proposed Genesee County Jail is still planned as a 184-bed facility and would provide a number of benefits to the county at a possible price tag of ...
For some of the incarcerated inmates lodged at the Genesee County Jail, the mistakes they may have made in life have led them to a chance to learn something new.
A powerful moment of redemption unfolded at the Genesee County Jail as the I.G.N.I.T.E. program celebrated its 35th ...
After Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson declared a jail emergency following 10 days of overcrowding, the jail was required to change the jail capacity limit from 580 to 555. There were 591 ...