Sheriff's Office pegs 'worst case' cost of new jail

SCSO proposes $1.4 billion budget to build new jail

The Shelby County Sheriff's Office says it will cost $1.4 billion to build a new jail.

Sheriff's Office pegs 'worst case' cost of new jail

The multi-year dollar figure comes from the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and would fundamentally alter the county’s annual capital budget now at $150 million a year for all capital projects.

Sheriff’s office makes plea for new jail

Liberty County Sheriff ’s Office laid out its vision for a new jail to county commissioners. Chief Deputy Al Hagan told commissioners the current facility, with a 20-year-old tower and a tower approaching 30 years old, needs replacing. A new jail, Hagan told commissioners, “is much needed.”