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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Rappahannock Vws Staff V rit**r
“It would be possible to renovate (the Rappahannock jail) to meet minimum standards but it wouldn't be an ideal situation. The ideal situation as we see it would be to build a new 12-bed facility."
That was the verdict from Anthony Bottley, manager of the Virginia Department of Corrections' 21-county northern region, after he toured the lock-up facility here on Tuesday with an architect from the Department of Corrections.
Estimated cost of a new 12-bed jail is $800,000. According to architect Pete Ardreu, renovation necessary to bring Rappahannock’s facility up to minimum standards will run around $150,000. Bottley emphasized that the estimate is rough, ball park figure arrived at after very limited exposure to the facility.
The condition of the jail (which has been used only for 24-hour lock-up since 1975) became a critical issue when sheriff Luther Cox announced on March 25 that Rappahannock prisoners would no longer be housed in the Fauquier jail as of the end of the month. Since expiration of the deadline, Cox has continued to accept inmates from Rappahannock on a daily, callfirst basis but sheriff W. A. Buntin indicated that he didn't expect the arrangement to go on past the Department of Corrections' inspection on Tuesday.
Safety needs
Most of the areas in the lock-up where renovation is required relate to safety, according to regional manager Bottley. “We need to be concerned about the inmates, about human life, but also about the county's
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