Wayne County In Talks To Scrap Partially Built Jail In Detroit

Wayne County In Talks To Scrap Partially Built Jail In Detroit
DETROIT, MI - FEBRUARY 08: Wayne County, Michigan executive Robert Ficano addresses reporters during an opening ceremony at Motown Winter Blast at Campus Martius Park on February 8, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Paul Warner/Getty Images)
DETROIT, MI - FEBRUARY 08: Wayne County, Michigan executive Robert Ficano addresses reporters during an opening ceremony at Motown Winter Blast at Campus Martius Park on February 8, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Paul Warner/Getty Images)

Wayne County is working on a deal with the state to bail itself out of its wildly over-budget new jail project and instead take over and renovate a state prison in Detroit.

The jail construction on the northeast side of downtown is already well under way, with parts of five floors built and five new cells being completed every day. The county has spent well over $100 million to this point.

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