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Overview

Contractors obtained construction contracts to build the Spokane County Jail in 01/1983. They completed their work there by 02/1988.

Building History

By 2022, Spokane County administrators sought funding to build another jail to replace the 40-year-old one. Rebecca White, writing for Spokane Public Radio.org, said: "The Spokane County Commissioners have voted to hold an election to fund a new jail. The downtown Spokane County Jail was built for around 460 inmates in the 1980s, but that facility along with the smaller Geiger facility near Airway Heights has held more than double that population in the last few years. As the facility has aged and the county has struggled to hire and retain adequate workers to staff it, people have died of suicide, overdose and other medical emergencies. During the Tuesday meeting, Spokane County Commissioner Josh Kerns argued a new jail will be safer for workers and inmates." (See Rebecca White, Spokane Public Radio.org, "Spokane County Commissioners vote to put new jail on ballot," published 12/14/2022, accessed 04/25/2025.)

PCAD id: 25721