Bond Election This March Asks For Bigger Western Iowa Jail
Onawa, Iowa – County leaders have scheduled a March election on bonds to build a replacement jail in western Iowa’s Monona County.
The jail in Onawa was built in 1976 to hold 12 inmates but now regularly holds 20, KTIV reported.
“It’s just the fact that our facility is 46 years old. We don’t have the ability to expand electrical and plumbing and those type of things to make sure we are adequately housing the number of inmates that we are housing,” said Monona County Sheriff Jeff Pratt.
The $6.2 million replacement would house up to 32 inmates, with the possibility of expanding to hold as many as 66.
The bond vote is set for March 3.
– Associated Press
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