NEW: Codington County Detention Center numbers down in 2020 (Audio)
January 25, 2021
Mike Tanner
WATERTOWN, S.D.–Business was down at the Codington County Detention Center last year…
Sheriff Brad Howell says the lower inmate numbers last year can be partly attributed to the pandemic. He doesn’t believe the numbers will keep going down…
He says the decreasing inmate numbers don’t mean the county won’t need a new or remodeled jail, but what it looks like could change from what’s been talked about in the past…
Some of the remodeling will continue this year, including phase two of a security upgrade involving cameras in the jail…
The Codington County Detention Center was built in 1974.
