Public gathers for second jail meeting
Friday, March 7, 2014
A public meeting to discuss the possibility of a new jail in Bourbon County was held Thursday night at the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center on the campus of Fort Scott Community College. Bourbon County Sheriff Bill Martin discussed with the audience his office's rationale for needing to build a new facility. Martin said the current facility adjacent to the courthouse, which houses 27 inmates, was built in 1977. A Powerpoint slideshow put together by the Sheriff's department gave the audience a glimpse of how outdated the facility looked from the inside.