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Jerome to Host Open House of New Jail
JEROME, Idaho (KLIX) - Jerome County will be hosting an open house for the new jail facility on Friday July 8. The public is welcome to attend the ribbon cutting at 2 p.m. and tours to be held every hour till 8 that evening. The new facility is located at 100 East 150 South in Jerome.
The $11.2 million Jerome County Criminal Justice Facility groundbreaking was held March 5th in 2015.
In May 2013 Jerome County voters passes a bond to fund the needed facility. The county had tried four previous times to get voter approved funding for the 132 bed facility.
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