Walker County Jail - Huntsville, TX
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N 30° 43.468 W 095° 33.036
15R E 255768 N 3401845
The old jail still wears the sign above the door. It is now the offices of a law firm.
Waymark Code: WMV6YG
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/06/2017
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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in this facility during that time that caused or turned into a lawsuit, the cost of that one lawsuit could have way superceded what it had cost us to build the entire new facility."