Washington County adds jail data to website; officials, activists at odds over meaning

Aim is better communication with community, official says

This screenshot taken Friday shows some of the information now available on the Washington County Detention Center webpage.
(NWA Democrat-Gazette)
This screenshot taken Friday shows some of the information now available on the Washington County Detention Center webpage. (NWA Democrat-Gazette)


FAYETTEVILLE -- Washington County officials have revamped the Detention Center page on the county's website to provide more information on the jail's operation.

The website still has the roster of detainees, listing them by name, by charge and as a group for those arrested over the most recent three days.

"This

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