With more inmates than available beds, the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is preparing for a major expansion of the Charles B. Webster Detention Center. The project would also address aging security equipment, including housing units with nonworking door locks.
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – Nearly 200 inmates at the Charles B. Webster Detention Center are sleeping without regular bunks as the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office prepares for an $81.3 million expansion and renovation project aimed at addressing overcrowding and aging infrastructure.
Major Chester Huffman, who oversees detention services for the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, said the facility currently has 1,066 beds but houses 1,257 inmates. Another 30 inmates are in the jail system but are not housed at the detention center…