County OKs $11.9M jail expansion

Kootenai County commissioners are on board with a bigger jail. They agreed Thursday to move forward with plans for a 126-bed, $11.9 million expansion that is expected to be operational by late spring of 2018. A shell will be included in the expansion to add 108 additional beds in the future. “I really like the design of that, and I like the future expansion — that’s great,” said Commissioner David Stewart/ Mary Malone , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here.

DFO: It’s nice that they can do this without raising taxes. Thoughts?