Benton commission pulls jail talk Tuesday

The Benton County Commission tabled plans to discuss the future of the county jail at its regular business meeting Tuesday.

The commission was scheduled to discuss creating a corrections department to run the jail, removing the 740-bed facility from the control of the sheriff.

The jail houses about 500 local and contract prisoners at any give time and represents about a quarter of all county expenditures.

It removed the item from its agenda without comment and did not indicate when or if it will be rescheduled.

This story was originally published September 19, 2017 at 7:56 PM with the headline "Benton commission pulls jail talk Tuesday."