Evangeline Parish nears completion of new jail

Evangeline Parish nears completion of new jail

Construction crews have spent more than a year working nonstoppouring concrete, raising steel beams, and bringing the new Evangeline Parish jail closer to reality. Now, officials say the $21 million facility is just months away from opening, funded entirely by a one-cent sales tax.Sheriff Charles Guillory, who has advocated for the project from the very beginning, emphasized that a new jail was not simply a desire for the parishit was a necessit…