New Noxubee Co jail nears opening; replaces 1 built in 1977
MACON, Miss. (AP) – The new Noxubee County jail is nearly ready to open. Sheriff Terry Grassaree says he expects the Noxubee County Adult Detention Center to open by the beginning of May.
WCBI-TV reports that it will replace a jail built in 1977.
At a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday, Grassaree said improvements include surveillance video cameras that run all the time, and telephone visitation so inmates stay in their cells. The new jail also has a place to house women.
Grassaree says it took 10 years to get up because tax rates and construction costs kept going up. He says the project had to be re-bid several times because costs went up after major storms.
