Official Ground Breaking for Franklin County

Construction for the new Franklin County Jail is officially underway! Today the Franklin County Sheriff, Department Command, Staff and County Commissioners celebrated the start of the facility construction project with the official ground breaking of the new jail addition and renovation.

The new 2-tier prisoner housing will contain 232 long-term beds, 40 weekend/work release beds and 16 intake and medical holding cells. Renovations will create a space the multi-county narcotics task force and add a 4,845 sf addition to house a 911 dispatch and emergency operations center.

Congratulations Sheriff Pelton and team on the start of your new facility!