Why not keep the Main Jail as a 90-day facility and partner with Steele County for inmates serving longer sentences?

In that scenario, the county would have spent money on a partnership with Steele County, possibly on upgrades its own April 2021 report said the Owatonna detention center needed, and continued to incur costs, including personnel, for its Main Jail downtown and Jail Annex on Hwy. 60.

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1. What kind of jail space does Rice County currently have?
2. Are jail admissions rising in Rice County?
3. If the number of inmates isn't projected to rise significantly, why build a new jail?
4. What is planned for the current Law Enforcement Center when the new facility is finished?
5. Is solar energy part of the project?
6. How is the Public Safety Center being financed?
7. I see new roads on the plan. Who's building those?
8. Why not keep the Main Jail as a 90-day facility and partner with Steele County for inmates serving longer sentences?