Only cells in proposed $45 million Delaware County jail will be in new wing

The current plan for the proposed jail, which would be built at the former ASONS/Wilson Middle School building on Muncie's south side, calls for the only permanent secure jail cells planned for the facility to be built in an addition to the building.

While the project includes space for local courtrooms and other offices, the only inmate housing in the current footprint of the building would be in dormitory-style rooms that inmates could win access to through good behavior.

More than 250 inmate beds are planned for an addition to be built outside the current building. More than 200 more would be held in the dormitory areas.