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Discussions on new county jail continue

A proposed combined law enforcement center in Cheyenne County will likely be narrowed to a new county jail.

Earlier this week, Cheyenne County Commissioners asked John Jenson, the Cheyenne County sheriff, to have the consultants who drafted the initial feasibility study refine concept designs solely to a jail.

Four months ago, a team of architects and consultants presented a report that examined the current sheriff's office facilities and jail – and also proposed numerous concepts of what a new joint complex could look like.

The current jail holds 20 inmates, but if any major construction were...

 

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