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Compare And Contrast Wabash And Miami County Jail

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The Wabash and Miami County jails vary greatly. While they both are jails and are used to hold people accused and arrested for crimes, they are very different in their layout, cleanliness, and procedures. The Wabash county jail was built in 1979 and the Miami county jail is a newer, more updated jail. Miami County was opened to the public in 1998. The layout of Miami’s jail involves a pod system, in which all the areas for the inmates are monitored in a room overlooking everything. Wabash has a linear jail system, which are just hallways with cells lined up alongside them. The Miami County jail is larger and can hold more inmates. It has larger rooms, cells, and recreational areas. Wabash has their nurse stationed in their all purpose room

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