09-04-2025
Montrose County Jail upgraded after survey finds inadequacies
MONTROSE, Colo. (KREX) — The Montrose County Jail recently got an upgrade after a survey found several inadequacies.
The process behind the upgrade began seven years ago.
Funds for the project came from the Public Safety Sales Tax and Capital Improvement funds.
The total project cost was $8 million.
Geo Commander for the Montrose County Sheriff's Office Dean McNulty talked with WesternSlopeNow about the improvements made to the jail.
'We found out we had some pretty good deficiencies with the holding area. We were only able to hold about 15 inmates down there. With the new expansion remodel project, we increase that to 44. So, with an increased booking area, we also examined our video courtroom and found that that was inadequate. So, that's been expanded as well. We've got some administrative offices, and our kitchen was added on too.'
The project took one year to complete. Breaking ground in March 2024 and was completed in March 2025.
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