Jail addition may have steel walls

In an effort to cut costs of the new Davis County Jail addition, officials might use 2-inch thick steel walls to separate inmates.

Davis County Sheriff's Office officials recently toured an immigration jail in Tacoma, Wash., that uses the slim steel-wall system. Typical jail walls are 4 inches thick, Davis County Sheriff Chief Deputy Kevin McLeod said.

McLeod recently told commissioners the steel walls will cut construction costs and shrink the size of the jail.

Voters recently approved a tax hike to fund the $24.8 million expansion of the jail. Construction is slated to begin in June, and officials hope to have it completed by 2006.