Walker County Jail - Huntsville, TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member WalksfarTX
N 30° 43.468 W 095° 33.036
15R E 255768 N 3401845
Old Jail is now the offices of Bloodworth Law Firm.
Waymark Code: WMV6MT
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/04/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member fi67
Views: 4

KBTX Article dated Aug 23, 2014

The Walker County Sheriff's office built a new jail to meet its growing needs. The question that remains is what to do with the old jail.

"This facility has actually not met jail standards in approximately 16 years," said Walker County Sheriff Clint McRae.

"Everything here was operated manually. The old brass key is how we unlocked our doors."

Earlier this year, Walker County moved out of their longtime jail. State inspectors have said for years something needed to change so the county built a new one.

"It's like going from operating a third-world country to modern day and time."

Sheriff Clint McRae says the move was necessary."If we would have had something detrimental happen in this facility during that time that caused or turned into a lawsuit, the cost of that one lawsuit could have way superceded what it had cost us to build the entire new facility."

Address:
1012 University Ave
Huntsville, TX USA


Open to the public: No

Hours: Not listed

Fees?: Not listed

Web link: Not listed

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