A small ribbon cutting ceremony was held Sept. 14 at the Marion County Jail to recognize the offenders who built anew residence building, called the Joint County Inmate Building, for minimum security joint county state offenders.
The new housing unit for inmates who are working on crews for the county and state was built from the ground up by the offenders themselves with excess revenue the county receives for housing state inmates at the Marion County facility. There was no cost to the taxpayers.
Marion County Sheriff Berkley Hall spoke with the offenders who built it and congratulated them on a job well done and encouraged them to use their talents for positive things.
"There are a lot of talented people that are incarcerated. I just wanted to give them credit for all of the labor they put into building it," Hall said.
The new housing unit at the Marion County Correctional Facility houses an average of 12 but can house a maximum of 15. The old unit was outdated and will be torn down. The new location on the north side of the facility was the best spot where there was room to build.
The new unit houses an average of 12 inmates but can house a maximum of 15. The old unit was outdated and will be torn down. The new location on the north side of the facility was the best spot with room to build.
The minimum security joint county state offenders must be housed separately from the other offenders. These offenders work on state and county litter pickup crews, as well as help with maintenance and custodial work of county buildings.
Women are no longer housed in Marion County and are now held only at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in
Pearl.
