LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Louisville needs to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to build a new jail, a national consulting firm found in a recent report.
CGL companies, a firm that specializes in jails and detention centers, was tapped by Louisville Metro Council in 2023 to look at the jail after a string of inmate deaths in the downtown facility. CGL helps plan, design, maintain and manage justice facilities across the U.S.
Its team of experts found Louisville Metro Corrections no longer meets the city’s needs, highlighting structural issues, space limitations and an increasing inmate populations…