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Wood insisted that the board shouldn’t make any plans for jail construction without knowing whether the money from the state will be forthcoming. He maintained that the facility is perfectly adequate to serve as a jail as it is now. If funds for reimbursement of half the renovation costs aren’t available, the Department of Corrections should “bend the rules a little bit” on its minimum standards so that Rappahannock’s facility can be used for more than a 24-hour lock-up, Wood said. “They impose all the restrictions and rules. If they can’t give us any help with the money, it seems to me like they can change the rules.”
“Then we’ll write the judge that we’re still struggling,” Chairman J. R. Latham replied.
“Still hoping,” added Wood.
“I don’t see how we can answer Judge Robertson that we’re going to do it (renovate the lock-up to meet Department of Corrections standards for jails) only if we get the money (from the state),” Gilkey countered.
“Why not?” demanded Wood.
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