Letter to the Editor: School has beneficial uses

Dear Editor:
I understand we need a new jail to meet current correctional and ADA standards. Women and men need separate facilities as do juvenile men and women.
Increasing to 48 to 54 beds from 18 beds seemed appropriate, as did using Fifth Street for parking and building the new facility in the parking lot behind the courthouse.
When the first architectural sketch was drawn up for the jail to be built north of the…