Contributing Writer
Iread the recent article in the Times-Republican that explained the county will be facing a million budget shortfall due to repairs in the courthouse and due to lower revenue coming into the Marshall County Jail because COVID has reduced the inmate population.
I was surprised to see the board is considering cutting the sheriff’s budget as part of its belt tightening strategy to overcome the budget shortfall.
I was on two jail study committees to pass a bond issue to build a new jail – an unsuccessful effort in 1994 and one in 1999 that ultimately passed and led to the construction of the current facility.