Rice County Jail Study Committee Recommends Building New Facility
No formal vote was taken but it appears the Rice County Board of Commissioners are nearing approval of constructing a new Law Enforcement/Jail facility outside of downtown Faribault. The price tag is around 50 million dollars.
All but one County Commissioner voiced their opinion it would be the best option going forward. No votes are taken at Committee of the Whole Work Sessions.
Sheriff Troy Dunn told Commissioners this was the 6th Jail Study he was aware of, Instead of putting another bandaid on this problem let s fix the ailment for good and move forward so we can work effectively, efficiently and with less liability. It is the belief of our facilities study that makes more sense and money better spent to build new to meet our needs now and for the future versus a remodel or addition to an already old and tired facility.