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Article: Don't rebuild women's jail at current site, argue Santee officials: study: new homes, businesses better alternative.
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- San Diego Business Journal
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- August 6, 2007
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There is a desperate need to replace Las Colinas Detention Facility, the county women's detention facility, in Santee. Yet businesses and city officials said land adjacent to the existing jail, the site of a proposed expansion, is much too valuable.
The county is planning to build a larger women's jail, which would include expanding the existing 15-acre site to 45 acres and increasing the number of beds to 1,250 from 810.
The city of Santee held a news conference July 17 to discuss the findings of a $100,000 economic study conducted by London Group Realty Advisors Inc.
"What we are trying to do is help the sheriff and help the county get the ...