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Show NEW JAIL TO BE COMPLETED Bids for completion of the new county jail on Tenth West and Center Cen-ter streets, including the installation installa-tion of the interior equipment will be called for in the immediate future, fu-ture, according to A. O. Smoot. chairman of the board of county commissioners. Present plans call for the abandonment of the old jail building on the courthouse block about February 1, providing the new building is completed by that time. The estimated cost of the final contract Is placed nt $30,000 by the commissioners. When completed, according to the plans and specifications specifi-cations now drawn up by Joseph Nelson, architect, the new jail will represent the latest word in modem jail buildings, according to state and county officers who have gone over the plans. Segregation Of Prisoners Proper segregation of prisoners which has been impossible In the old county jail will be possible in the new building. Included in the plans are juvenile detention rooms for girl and boy prisoners; a woman's wom-an's ward; hospital ward for tho treatment of sick prisoners; cmerg-enoy cmerg-enoy hospital and matron's quarters. quar-ters. Four double deck cell units with a total capacity of 40 prisoners is contemplated- The dwelling house Immediately west of the building has been purchased pur-chased by the county commissioners commission-ers to be used as a residence by the sheriff. |