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Hampton Roads Regional Jail board votes to allow sale of facility to Portsmouth

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The board of the recently closed Hampton Roads Regional Jail (HRRJ) has voted unanimously to allow the facility to be sold to Portsmouth.

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The Virginian Pilot

Hampton Roads Regional Jail Authority votes to sell facility to Portsmouth

PORTSMOUTH — The Hampton Roads Regional Jail Authority has officially approved Portsmouth’s pitch to buy the now closed facility. The jail, on Elmhurst Lane, opened to fanfare in 1998 with a capacity of 1,300. The publicly owned facility housed overflow inmates from Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Norfolk, Hampton and Newport News. But in October, the full HRRJ board — including city managers, sheriffs and council members from each jurisdiction — voted …

14 days ago·Norfolk, United States

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HRRJ votes to sell facility to Portsmouth

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The Hampton Roads Regional Jail board has voted to sell the facility to the city of Portsmouth. According to Portsmouth vice mayor Lisa Lucas Burke, who is vice-chairwoman of the Hampton Roads Regional Jail Authority, said in a statement that "HRRJ passed a resolution that allowed member jurisdictions to take the options back to their councils. After all member jurisdictions pass the resolution at their council meetings…

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