Following a story MHProNews.com last reported April 17, 2014 regarding the disposition of a modular juvenile detention center on the banks of the Mississippi River in Vacherie, Louisiana, the St. James Parish Council voted to reduce the price from $2.5 million to $1.87 million. State law requires the building must first be listed at the appraised value, and can then be reduced. The multi-parish facility was closed June 30, 2013 because of required costly upgrades due to new state regulations. As theadvocate.com informs MHProNews.com, the facility may be converted to modular housing for industrial workers, a prisoner work-release center, a nursing home or a minimum security prison. ##

(Photo credit: Spectrum Building Systems–modular jail)