By C1 Staff
TYLER, Texas — A new jail under construction in Smith County is having its all-steel jail cells moved into place.
They are constructed outside of the jail and manuvered into place, according to KLTV. Since they’re all steel, they’re more difficult to escape from.
“These have a much longer life because they are steel; powder coated steel. The bunks, the commodes, the seats, everything is already built in the cells: Pre-fab. It’s built-in and welded all together so there’s not any loose screws or concrete for people to chip out and tear up,” says Smith County Commissioner Jeff Warr.
“All the plumbing, the A/C, the exhaust system, things like that are on the back side of the cells and that’s where the guys can do all the maintenance,” he continued. This way, most problems can be taken care of from outside the cell.
“Maintenance-wise it’s much better and it’s a good bargain for the tax-payer.”
The ten-thousand pound cells should all be in place in the next month.