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The city’s central jail was a huge red-brick facility downtown. It was supposed to provide short-term incarceration for suspects who were awaiting trial or who, having been convicted, either had drawn short sentences or were waiting to be transferred into the state prison system. But the place was perpetually overcrowded, transfers could take forever, and conditions were so bad that some reporters alleged “The Tank” was one of the ten worst prisons in the world. True or not, some men went in and never came out.
Marcia had no specifics on why they were holding Danny. Eli figured, rather than spend time on hold on the phone to the sheriff’s department, he’d better just go down there and pay a visit. Material witness or protective custody – either or both of those could apply to Danny. Bu
