Supervisors terminate architect of new county jail
by Associated Press
Published: August 21,2012
Tags: architect, architecture, board of supervisors, construction, corrections, county, government, jail, prison
PASCAGOULA — Jackson County supervisors have fired the architect for the new county jail.
The Sun Herald reports the supervisors voted to terminate the contract with Pryor & Morrow, who has been working on the jail for more than 10 years.
Board of Supervisors president John McKay said the move would free the county to go in a different direction.
McKay said the fact that the cost of the current jail design, a traditional brick-and-mortar structure, was going up and up, reaching an estimated $35 million, fueled the decision to change.
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