'We have to sleep at night': New sheriff says county jail conditions 'not acceptable' To date, there's been a lot of discussion, a fair amount of contention, not much agreement and no action.įalk said it appears the well-intentioned committee members are mired in place as they debate what the "perfect" option is, as time moves on and unconstitutional conditions at the jail languish.
The committee of local criminal justice workers and elected officials has been meeting more than two and a half years, tasked with investigating and recommending the best path forward. The jail is past its effective life." Debating the 'perfect' solution "You have a jail which, I think, is problematic and it needs to be replaced," he told members of the county Community Justice Response Committee Monday. "Monroe County knew it in 2008," he said. He said no one should be surprised about the dire need for a new and better jail. This week, 15 years later, Falk spoke to current county officials on the same topic, reminding them of their lack of progress. An 85-acre site on county-owned land off South Rogers Street was earmarked.Īn April 11, 2008, headline in The Herald-Times said: "Firm hired to make financial plans for new county jail."
Public forums, meetings, studies, budgets and visits to new jails followed. The class-action lawsuit ACLU of Indiana lawyer Ken Falk filed in 2008 put local elected officials on notice: the Monroe County Jail was overcrowded, unsafe and must be replaced.Ĭounty officials agreed.
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