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Navajo officials set to break ground on new jail
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- Parent Category: News
- Category: First Nations & International News
- Published: 24 September 2010
Tuba City, Arizona (AP) September 2010
Navajo officials are holding a groundbreaking ceremony this week for a public safety complex in Tuba City.
The district court, law enforcement offices and a detention facility are part of the 144,000 square-foot complex. Construction wont start until November.
Police and corrections officials on the reservation have long struggled with tiny, run-down jails that mean few, if any, of the people booked serve their full sentences.
The former Tuba City jail was condemned after receiving multiple environmental citations and later demolished. A new jail means officers wont have to transport inmates 155 miles away to another lockup.
The complex is being built using stimulus funds and a loan the tribe approved earlier this year.
Navajo officials are holding a groundbreaking ceremony this week for a public safety complex in Tuba City.
The district court, law enforcement offices and a detention facility are part of the 144,000 square-foot complex. Construction wont start until November.
Police and corrections officials on the reservation have long struggled with tiny, run-down jails that mean few, if any, of the people booked serve their full sentences.
The former Tuba City jail was condemned after receiving multiple environmental citations and later demolished. A new jail means officers wont have to transport inmates 155 miles away to another lockup.
The complex is being built using stimulus funds and a loan the tribe approved earlier this year.