A $13 million jail expansion project is nearing the end of construction. Hamilton County Building & Grounds Supervisor Steve Wood told the Reporter that construction is scheduled to be completed in March of this year. The expansion will add 84 prefabricated steel cell that can house two to four people per cell.
(Above) Former Sheriff, now Hamilton County Administrative Assistant Dan Stevens (left), along with Building and Grounds Supervisor Steve Wood (right), check the progress of the jail expansion project. The current jail facility was completed in 1993 during Stevens’ term as Sheriff.