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A look inside the Lake County jail

by HAYDEN BLACKFORD
Daily Inter Lake | February 2, 2023 12:00 AM

On a recent visit to the Lake County Jail in Polson, County Commissioner Steve Stanley walked me through nearly $800,000 worth of improvements made to the county jail – currently the subject of a class-action lawsuit that alleges, among other things, little exercise, overcrowding and unhealthy conditions.

Lake County has argued that the suit lacks credibility because inmates did not exhaust administrative remedies before filing the lawsuit...

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