San Diego County Board of Supervisors Vote to Expand Santee Jail
After the San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted to appropriate more land, Santee jail could be three times the size.
It looks as though plans to grow the Las Colinas Women’s Detention Facility from 15 acres to 45 acres could be in the works. “I think we are now well on the way to starting, putting it out to bid,” according to San Diego County Sheriff William Gore.
Some Santee residents and city officials are not happy with the expansion of Las Colinas and strongly oppose it, but with San Diego crime and the population growth, the facility needs to increase in size.
In 1979 the Santee jail became a female detention center; it was originally built in 1967 to hold juveniles. With the decision made by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors the expansion is likely to become a reality.
Las Colinas Expansion Plan Met With Resistance, 10News.com, April 27,2010
County moves forward with Santee jail expansion, Fox 5 San Diego, April 28,2010
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