The ongoing battle between Autauga County Sheriff Mark Harrell and the Autauga County Commission over conditions at the Autauga County Metro Jail will reach a head today as a judge hears arguments on whether to dismiss the case.

Harrell sued the commission in May about a year after evacuating the jail due to the presence of mold, claiming the commission has failed to fulfill its duties to properly maintain the building.

The county has argued that the conditions in the jail did not warrant evacuation and that the commission has taken appropriate steps to remedy the jail’s deficiencies.

In its motion to dismiss, the county argues that 2023 evaluations of the jail by Environmental Materials Consultants Inc. simply called for cleaning of the mold and did not call for remediation measures, n

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