Anderson Says Cost-Benefit Analysis For Jail Will Take Time

It will take some time before the fact-finding process to develop a cost benefit analysis of the Klickitat County Jail is complete.  Commissioner Jacob Anderson said Monday they are awaiting Sheriff Bob Songer’s response to eight pages of questions about the Jail that the Commission sent to him.  Anderson adds once they have the information before them they will have three options:  do nothing, create a Department of Corrections that would see the County Commission oversee the jail, or close the jail and contract with another entity.  He adds the jail continues to see its costs increase, like other parts of government.  Anderson added he believes changing to better meet the mental health needs of inmates will need to be a part of any decision that gets made.

 

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