HELENA.
AND...
...M-T-N IS GETTING A CLOSER
LOOK AT THE COUNTY DETENTION
CENTER -- IN THE MIDST OF A
EIGHT-POINT-THREE MILLION DOLLAR
RENOVATION.
THURSDAY...COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AND THE SHERIFF TOURED THE
JAIL...AS THE *DEMOLITION PHASE
ENDED AND *RENOVATION PHASE
BEGAN.
WE WERE *UN-ABLE TO FILM INSIDE
-- BECAUSE OF SECURITY CONCERNS.
ACCORDING TO SLETTEN
CONSTRUCTION...THE ENTIRE
PROJECT IS STILL ON TRACK TO BE
DONE BY SPRING 20-20.
THE RENOVATIONS WILL UPGRADE
INMATE CAPACITY FROM 80 TO 156
BEDS.
IN 20-16...VOTERS APPROVED A
BOND TO ADDRESS OVERCROWDING AT
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER
