Residents in Lawrence County will vote next month on a half-cent sales tax issue. County Judge Dale Freeman says the current jail is under probation and faces closure by the state. Arkansas Jail Standards threatened to close the current jail last year, due to it being overcrowded and numerous safety violations. Walnut Ridge’s City Council is voting tonight on whether to pass a resolution to officially support the sales tax election that will take place in November. If approved, the money would go toward constructing a new jail. If it doesn’t pass, the county faces shipping inmates out to other counties.