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County Jail Needs Repairs Immediately
By laredosun.us
Published: 01/19/2010

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 By: FRANCISCO DÍAZ

LAREDO, Tx.- Built in 1986, the county jail is obsolete and too expensive to maintain. Sheriff Martín Cuellar considered that this prison is a "time bomb" that can explode at any time and cause the Webb County to be fined.

"We have an estimate that came out to 1.5 million dollars of urgent repairs," he said.

One of the deficiencies is located on the roof structure, that needs urgent attention. "We also need to repair the building elevators and the central air because it does not operate correctly," he indicated.

Cuellar mentioned that he has requested the support of the Commissioner's Court that these matters may receive attention." "If we don't do something soon the state may issue severe fines, up to 10,000 dollars for each violation that is detected in the building," he warned.

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