Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series of columns following Daily Journal news editor Noah Crenshaw’s experiences taking part in the Greenwood Police Department’s Citizens Academy. Prior columns can be found online at dailyjournal.net.

The spaces are parts of Johnson County’s public safety system that most rarely get to see from the inside.

On Tuesday, my Greenwood Police Citizens Academy classmates and I got to tour the inside of the Johnson County jail, along with the 911 center. As a journalist, I’ve been inside both buildings for stories. But this time was different. It was a tour, and I was able fully take in what I was seeing, unlike the quick in-and-outs journalists on deadlines usually experience.

Our tour of the jail started out by showing us what a recently-arrested pers

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