Commissioners consider partnering with Garvin County on regional jail

County commissioners from Garvin and McClain counties came together in a special joint meeting last week to consider partnering to build a regional detention center.

The project, if approved, would allow the two jurisdictions to combine resources to build and staff a jail facility that would provide desperately needed bed space and modernized detention capabilities for both counties.

During the August 14 special meeting, commissioners heard from Larry Goldberg of Goldberg Group Architects, a Missouri-based firm that specializes in justice architecture and jail facilities. Goldberg was hired by the Garvin County Board of Commissioners in March to complete a feasibility study for building a new detention center for Garvin County.