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A common area for inmates to gather during the day at the Champaign County jail in Downtown Urbana.
As deadline approaches for action on downtown jail, Champaign County faces funding and activists as roadblocks
With a U.S. Department of Justice-imposed deadline approaching, Champaign County officials have increasing pressure on them to either renovate or close the 37-year-old jail in downtown Urbana.