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Albany County approves $296,000 feasibility study for county jail repairs
Summary
Albany County legislators authorized a $296,000 agreement with Labella Associates to produce a facility conditions assessment and master plan for the Albany County Correctional Facility after the Sheriff described masonry failures, staffing concerns and constraints from recent segregation-related legislation.
Albany County legislators on May 11 authorized a $296,000 agreement with Labella Associates to conduct a facility conditions assessment and master plan for the Albany County Correctional Facility, the county’s elected sheriff said.
The Sheriff told the Legislature the jail dates to 1932, has thick masonry walls and has suffered recent failures that have required emergency repairs. “We lost a good chunk of the wall,” the Sheriff said, adding that cumulative emergency work has brought repair spending “up to about a half a million.” He said the Labella proposal — $296,000 for a feasibility study — would…
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