More Jail Space Badly Needed At Iberia Parish Jail

Has everyone noticed how our local parish jails are very overcrowded? If you watch the news, you can't help but notice. To ease overcrowding at the Lafayette Parish Jail, the sheriff had a policy to let OWI drivers go without booking them into jail. The Lafayette City Marshall had to sue the sheriff to get him to change this dangerous policy.

Recently, Louisiana Wildlife Agents publicly accused Sheriff Hebert of refusing to book six OWI boaters into the Iberia Parish Jail. According to news reports, the Iberia Parish Jail is also very overcrowded. Hmmm...

It appears jail overcrowding is a political hot-potato that the local politicians don't want to deal with, but it's long past time to build more jail space. Do our Iberia Parish politicians, like Parish President Freyou, Mayor Curry and Sheriff Ackal, have the political courage needed to join together and champion this safety issue? Will the taxpayers punish them for proposing new taxes for new jail space at the Iberia Parish Jail, or will taxpayers recognize this as a safety issue and pass the needed taxes? What do you think? Do Iberia Parish voters value their money more than their lives?