Greene County is building a new temporary jail while it waits for the permanent one to be built by the airport.
The new temporary jail at Nichols and Campbell will house four times the number of inmates at a cost of about $6-million dollars.
KY3 says it will replace the current temporary jail which holds around 108 inmates.
Commissioners say it’s cheaper to lease more space than it is to house inmates at surrounding jails.
The county hopes to have the new jail completed by the airport sometime in the next two years.
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