Growing Rutherford County seeks $300 million jail for inmates ‘to correct their behavior’

Editor’s note: This is part two of a three-part series and focuses on a jail project.Part one focuses on competing taxpayer dollars for the jail and a high school project.

Growing Rutherford County’s aging, overcrowded jail needs replacing after costly repairs and inmate deaths, overdoses and escapes.

The goal for the county government will be to pursue a $300 million jail project with “modern” rehabilitation “principles” by 2030, project consultant Bart Kline said…

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