Officials in 10 counties mull over regional jail in Aberdeen Follow Us Question of the Day ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) - Officials are measuring the need for a regional jail in northeastern South Dakota. Representative from 10 counties in the area, including sheriffs and county commissioners, were invited to attend a meeting in Aberdeen recently to consider an idea that Brown County Commissioner Duane Sutton first mentioned in November after he was re-elected to the commission. Since, he said, a couple firms have reached out and provided information. “Our jail numbers keep going off the charts,” Sutton said. “We want to know who would be interested in doing this.”