Wayne County, which is flirting with bankruptcy, can't afford something like this.
Eric Lawrence of the Detroit Free Press reports that the new Wayne County Jail -- which was never completed because of cost overruns -- is still costing the county $1.2 million a month.
The biggest cost is $1.1 million the county pays each month in interest and principal payments toward the bonds, the Freep reports.
The Freep reports other costs include:
An average of $54,610 each month on so-called service costs, including security ($10,849), sump pump maintenance ($12,852), and electricity to the site ($4,000).
Part of that total ($15,000) also pays for lease on storage space for 111 precast jail cells that are being stored on private property in River Rouge. The county even pays insurance each month ($4,652) in case work restarts at the Gratiot site, according to the county.
