Private company pitches Boundary County jail funding
Material is peeling from the walls of a Boundary County jail cell.
Photo By NOAH HARRIS
BONNERS FERRY — A private construction company has proposed financing a $27.4 million new jail for Boundary County, offering one possible path forward for an aging county jail.
However, the proposal carries a measure of risk for the county as ownership of the facility could transfer to the company, turning it into a private jail, if the county fails to make annual payments. The option is one of two before county officials, with the second being the placement of a bond on the ballot for county voters. The bond would require a supermajority of more than two-thirds of voters to pass.
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