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| Despite budget woes, new jail on target |
| By Thema Ponton |
| Published: 04/22/2009 |
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Despite some proposed budget cuts in Horry County to make up for an expected $18 million shortfall next year, one project that will not be cut is the construction of a new jail. A new jail that Sheriff Phillip Thompson said is absolutely necessary because of overcrowding in the current jail. Project Supervisor Capt. Mike Illes said the $50.8 million facility is about 30 percent complete. Thompson said the money for the jail came from a bond issued by the county. Illes said the new facility is something the county could not do without. “Severe overcrowding and (it) has been sustained over a period of about sixteen or seventeen years, an average of anywhere from six and a half to seven percent a year, over that many years that’s a very rapid growth of the inmate population,“ Illes said. “Conditions have gotten just so out of hand as far as overcrowding; it causes a lot of health issues, a lot of safety issues, so there was just almost no answer in the criminal justice system to the overburdening.” Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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