The price of building a jail

The community speaks out for and against hot-button issue

Ellen Kreth-
Posted 10/12/22

At the end of 2014, Madison County announced it was voluntarily closing its jail after failing to pass a one-cent sales tax and failing multiple inspections for more than a decade. Voters had rejected sales-tax increases for jail improvements in 2008 and 2013.

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