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But it also sets aside an extra $5 million for that agency’s operations in a little-known section of the budget known as the “unappropriated balance,” which serves as a holding tank for funds that have not yet been finalized.

He believes high levels of gas were produced in the holding tank that exploded, which may have been ignited by a spark on the day of the incident.

"From the start of the plant all the way through to the holding tank, the complete biogas system was dangerous," he said.

Sometime after noon, another transgender woman in the holding tank asked a deputy whether a bus would come for them.

A couple of weeks later Perez found herself back in the same holding tank, surrounded by inmates desperate to get to court.