Progress Report: New Escambia County Jail

December 26, 2018

Construction is underway on the new Escambia County Correctional Facility.

Substantial completion is expected by May 2020 with the first inmates housed three to six months later. Steve Jernigan of Bay Design told the Escambia County Commission recently that the project is currently on budget and on time.

The new jail is being built at the site of the McDonald Shopping Center on the southeast corner of Fairfield Drive and Pace Boulevard, adjacent to the current 1980s jail. The two facilities will be connected.

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One Response to “Progress Report: New Escambia County Jail”

  1. Jerry on December 26th, 2018 1:45 pm

    But, the McDonald’s Shopping Center is still there. Are they eventually going to tear it down?

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