Gov. Kelly Ayotte speaks at an April 9 press conference

Gov. Kelly Ayotte speaks at an April 9 press conference touting the one-year signing anniversary of a law to create stricter bail standards.

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CONCORD, N.H. — One year after Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed a law to pare back the state’s bail reform efforts, both sides of the debate agree on one thing: More people are being held in jail.

The Coös County Department of Corrections has a 50% increase in people jailed since last year, according to Attorney General John Formella. In Merrimack County, the jail population has grown by 30%, Formella added at a press conference on April 7.

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