The size and capacity of the Miami jail is a big difference compared to the Wabash jail. The Miami jail can house up to 240 inmates. While the Wabash county jail only houses 72 inmates. This is why the Wabash county jail is housing inmates at Miami. The Miami county jails offices are bigger than the Wabash offices. The Miami jail is all around bigger than the Wabash county jail.
Miami county jails setup is the pod set up. The pod set up is little cells that you can monitor from a little room on the second floor. The Miami count jail has two recreation rooms; two in and one can be changed to an out by opening a garage door. The Wabash county jail is linear. The linear setup is a jail cell that’s one big open area in a straight line. The Wabash county jail has only one indoor recreation room. The reason the Miami jail has so much more room and a higher capacity is because it is a newer jail. The Wabash county jail was built in 1979. The Miami county jail was made in 2009. …show more content…
The Miami jail there was only one way to get in and out of the jail, and the people in the front desk were the only ones who had access to open the doors. The Wabash county jail all you needed to open the doors is a card which most employees have. The Miami county jail the ladies in the front office are the only ones who have a way in the front office. The Wabash county jail you can just walk straight into the front office. If the Miami county jail got over ran by the prisoners they wouldn’t have a way to get to the ladies in the front office, because they would have to let them in. these ladies in the front office have everything they need in there to last them till someone can get there to help them. I don’t know what the Wabash county jail would do if they were too got over ran by the prisoners, because if the inmates get one of those cards they could easily get out and hurt someone.
There are so many differences between the Miami county jail and the Wabash county jail. In my personal opinion it would be way better to be at the Miami county jail. We need to continue to make are jails bigger and have a higher capacity. This way jails wouldn’t have to hold inmates that aren’t from their