As the population of Benton County and its cities grows year to year, the Benton County Sheriff's Office has begun a discussion about the future needs of its current 669-bed detention center. With a seven percent population increase at the jail each year for the last three years, detention staff say they need to start looking at what options they have for expansion.
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