The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians will use an $18 million Department of Justice grant to build a detention facility on the North Carolina reservation.
The tribe is putting $2 million into the project. But Brandon Stephens, the tribe's building construction manager, said the jail could cost more than $20 million, depending on the size and other factors.
Currently, the tribe houses its inmates with Swain County. The county sheriff said the tribe spends upwards of $450,000 a year on the arrangement.
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(The Smoky Mountain Times 11/12)
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