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Monroe County council voted against funding a new $225 million jail and justice complex.

The decision followed strong opposition from citizens who urged officials to consider other options.

The council also stopped payments to the project's design firm and consultants.

Monroe County won't be building a new $225 million jail and justice complex on land just west of Bloomington.

During an Oct. 28 county council meeting that started at 5 p.m. and was still going on after midnight, dozens of citizens decried the jail plan and demanded officials consider other options.

They listened.

All seven members voted against an additional $3 million appropriation to buy 52 acres along Ind. 46 at Hunter Valley Road . The total land cost would have been $11 million. The county

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