McKean County Prison Warden Dennis Luther has charged the prison board to
deal with its overcrowding issues, as soon as possible.

Luther gave an annual report Friday to the Prison board, pointing out that
the jail could never score more than an 80 out of 100 on the state
requirements without major improvements.

McKean County Commissioner John Egbert says architects have estimated a cost
of about 4 million dollars to bring the jail up to standards.

Commissioners are looking at a much less expensive option, like electronic
monitoring, to encourage more home arrests, and programs to cut down on
recidivism.