Clark County Council to vote on jail rebuild

Officials: Proposed $344 million project important to public

Inmates, right, are seen at the Clark County Jail after booking on July 2. The county council is set to vote on July 21 to solidify the partial remodel of the jail, but the general voting public in Clark County doesn’t know the status of the jail and is hesitant to support a new tax. (Photos by Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

David Shook, director of jail services, shows an example of dormitory space during a tour of the Clark County Jail on July 2. The county council is set to vote on July 21 to solidify the partial remodel of the jail, but the general voting public in Clark County doesn’t know the status of the jail and is hesitant to support a new tax.

Telephones from a different era are seen in the Clark County Jail on Thursday morning. The county council is set to vote on July 21 to solidify the partial remodel of the jail, but the general voting public in Clark County doesn’t know the status of the jail and is hesitant to support a new tax. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

David Shook, director of jail services, looks over aging paint in the Clark County Jail on Thursday morning.

An inmate sweeps the floor in a maximum-security area of the Clark County Jail on Thursday morning. (Photos by Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

Officer Dante Lopez delivers lunch to inmates in the administrative segregation and suicide watch area of the Clark County Jail on Thursday morning. The county council is set to vote on July 21 to solidify the partial remodel of the jail, but the general voting public in Clark County doesn’t know the status of the jail and is hesitant to support a new tax.

The county council is set to vote on July 21 to solidify the partial remodel of the jail, but the general voting public in Clark County doesn’t know the status of the jail and is hesitant to support a new tax, as seen on Thursday morning.

The Clark County Council is moving forward with a proposed $344 million partial rebuild of the county jail, balancing facility upgrades with a public sensitive to new taxes.

The council is scheduled to vote July 21 on a resolution to finalize the project, which would be funded through a 30-year construction bond and potential voter-approved property tax levy lid lift to pay for additional jail staff.

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