Sheriff’s Office pegs ‘worst case’ cost of new jail
SCSO Chief Financial Officer Alicia Lindsey said a new jail is the sheriff office’s “most critical capital project” and called the current Shelby County Jail, commonly known as 201 Poplar, “operationally inefficient.” (The Daily Memphian file)
The multi-year dollar figure comes from the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and would fundamentally alter the county’s annual capital budget now at $150 million a year for all capital projects.
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