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…