Female cells open in jail after union issue resolved

Published 5:00 pm Saturday, April 30, 2011

The Mower County jail’s first two female inmates were transferred in from Steele County on Friday, according to Sheriff Terese Amazi said.

After a union grievance was resolved, the female wing of the new jail finally opened.

Mower County may also begin housing women and special needs inmates from other counties. About a dozen counties in southeast Minnesota are looking into grouping their jail populations to save money.

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“Any opportunity, we will take,” Amazi said.

However, she said, those discussions are very preliminary.