(La Porte County, IN) - Repairs to the La Porte County Jail continue following recent water damage are still ongoing. 

 

Roughly two weeks ago, a hot water heating pipe sprung a leak and caused damage on nearly every floor of the jail. Commissioner Joe Haney said the cost of repairs is not fully known yet, however it was nowhere close to the extensive damage caused to the county complex by another broken water line in late December of 2022.

 

Project Manager Scott Cooley told the commissioners Monday some of the water damage on the fourth floor has been repaired.

 

“We have removed some of the floor tile and a ceiling that needed to be removed.  We still have some pipe installation to remove and replace,” he said.

 

Haney said the damage and repair work is not hindering the operations of the jail, however the leak in the hot water system limited its avbailability in parts of the jail. Inmates in those locations were moved to locations unaffected by the heating loss.