I heard that other cities are working with King County to build a large jail next to the Downtown Seattle jail. Why dont you join that group?
All of the cities are facing the same challenges of limited jail space. A group similar to SCORE, called NEC, has been formed to address the misdemeanor jail needs for the city of Seattle and other North and East King County cities. Those cities include Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland and Shoreline. NEC has entered into a partnership with King County to study the feasibility of building a jail annex, south of the King County Correctional Facility in downtown Seattle. While this location is ideal for many of these cities, it is not ideal for the SCORE cities. The increased travel time increases the impact on the cities law enforcement agencies, and increases gasoline consumption and associated pollution. Further, an independent cost analysis of this site indicates that the increased costs of construction for a downtown, high-rise jail facility would be at least $100 million more than the SCORE facility. The annual operations at the proposed downtown site are expected to cost $10 million.
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