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Indiana Jail Will Not Expand
By commercial-news.com
Published: 06/08/2010

COVINGTON, Ind. — Don’t expect any additional inmates in the Fountain County Jail in the near future.

Sheriff Bobby Bass told the Fountain County Commissioners Monday that the Indiana Department of Corrections has turned down the request for “double bunking.”

Bass said that he is contacting federal authorities in Washington about doing assessments on the needs of the county jail.

Lee W. Hoard, jail inspector for the north region of the Indiana Department of Corrections, said in a letter to county officials that he “would not, at this time, recommend any increase in offender population.”

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