County Commission approves $10M for jail repair
“We do need a new jail,” Commissioner Charlie Caswell said. “How we get there I don’t know.” (Brad Vest/The Daily Memphian file)
Commissioners and county administration found $10 million of the $16.4 million Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner said he needed, and said the rest will have to be paid out of the sheriff’s budget.
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