Overcrowding has been an issue at the Campbell County Jail.
The 230 extra beds the justice center will offer the county are desperately needed. The current facility only has 92 beds, but Campbell County often houses around 200 inmates there, Jail Committee Chairperson Rusty Orick said. Campbell County’s Jail, built in 2007, is even more overcrowded than the former facility, which had 42 beds, Orick said.
“We haven’t fixed the problem we was told to fix by the federal judge,” Orick said.