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Consultants urge immediate safety repairs at county jail and lay out costly long‑term options
Summary
Consultants told Belknap County commissioners the jail has immediate life‑safety and maintenance needs (plumbing, glazing, doors, egress, cameras) and presented options that range from prioritized short‑term repairs to an eventual replacement that could cost tens of millions of dollars.
Consultants Dennis Morin and Grama Pickers told Belknap County commissioners during a jail analysis presentation that the county’s correctional facility requires immediate attention to multiple life‑safety and maintenance issues and that long‑term choices will be costly and complex.
Morin and Pickers identified urgent problems including broken interior glazing that limits visibility, corroded door frames and inconsistent locks, blocked egress at a rear door, and worn inmate shower stalls and plumbing. "You've got a lot of glazing inside that is broken and needs to be replaced" the consultants said,…
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