Swinging jail doors open

Monday is an important day for the contractor and the correctional guards at the new Oconee Jail. Sheriff Mike Crenshaw says Monday is the day they will open the electronic doors of the penal facility to give the jail guards an idea what it’s going to be like. “We should be fully operational sometime in July depending on our detention staff’s ability to get ten new correctional officers hired, “ Crenshaw said. Interviews for job applicants continue.