Plans for the jail’s future have been in development for six years.
A total of seven inmates have died at the facility this year, and Naphcare — the jail’s health care provider — said its workers are responding to more overdoses among inmates than they have in recent years.
Here’s a look at numbers behind the renovation project:
$20 million: The expected cost of the renovations at the jail
1964: The year the old portion of Montgomery County Jail was built
2017: They year the Montgomery County Justice Committee was created to review policies and determine investments at the jail
26%: The percentage increase since 2019 in area emergency departments’ encounters with patients with behavioral health needs
Credit: JIM NOELKER
Credit: JIM NOELKER
27: The number of suspected overdoses Naphcare staff responded to at the jail last year
32: The number of suspected overdoses health care staff responded to in the first six months of 2023
898: The number of general population beds at the jail currently
226: The number of general population beds the facility will remove with the renovation
12: The number of medical beds at the jail currently
100: The number of medical beds the jail will add during the renovation
604: The number of inmates at Montgomery County Jail as of last week
$200 million: The rough cost of the creation of a new jail facility
2021: The year the county announced it would not move forward with the construction of a new jail facility
2024: The year jail renovations are expected to begin
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