Jail project nearly done, prisoners being returned Scott Cousins, scousins@thetelegraph.com FacebookTwitterEmail EDWARDSVILLE — The $14 million Madison County Jail renovation is nearly completed with workers out of the cell blocks, according to sheriff’s department officials. Chief Deputy Sheriff Maj. Jeff Connor told the Madison County Board’s Judiciary Committee Friday that several prisoners will be moving from the Alton Police Department to the county jail. “It is going to be a process relocating the inmates in Alton,” Connor said. “That process has started effective today.” The jail renovation took several years. It corrected a number of issues and made improvements, but it did not increase capacity at the jail.