5/29/13 - A proposal for new renovations to the Livingston County Jailâs receiving area was approved by the County Public Safety and Infrastructure & Development Committee last night. The committee approved the resolution for the renovations last night. Undersheriff Mike Murphy says they will provide improvements to the jailâs intake pod, where all prisoners are booked when entering and leaving the jail. He says the renovations are long overdue and will greatly improve the efficiency of the booking process while providing more space between the male and female prisoners. The project is expected to cost $110,000. Murphy says the jail had two booking windows when it was first built in the 1970âs with a capacity of only 63 inmates. When it was expanded in 1996 to a capacity of 205 prisoners, it was reduced to a single booking window. He says with more than 5000 prisoners going into the jail every year, increased capacity in receiving was becoming a necessity. The renovations to the area would provide two regular booking windows with the option to open a third for overflow. The proposal will now go before the county finance committee for its recommendation, then to the full County Board of Commissioners for approval. (TD)
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