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| New jail arrives by train |
| By WROC News |
| Published: 08/25/2006 |
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STEUBEN COUNTY, NY - The new addition to the Steuben County jail is here! it arrived on 24 railroad cars last week. County Administrator Mark Alger says "People were wondering what they were, but it was kind of exciting. They're quite a bit different that what people perceive them to be." 96 pre-cast concrete jail cells were made by a company in Georgia and shipped by train right to the jail in Bath. Each weighs 30-tons and they're carefully being set into place. "They are shipped here with everything ready to go except for the locks on the door" says Sheriff Richard Tweddell. "We have to hook up water and electricity, they are ready for inmates now." Each unit contains two jail cells. Each cell has a concrete bed and table and stainless steel toilet, sink and drinking fountain. Steuben County is spending $16,000,000 on the addition because it's run out of room and it's expensive to send prisoners elsewhere. The Sheriff says "In 2005 it cost us about $600,000 to book out inmates...Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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