FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - After more than a decade in the making, the Fresno County West Annex Jail is complete. To celebrate this long-awaited moment, Fresno County and California government officials gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday. On the corner of L and Merced streets in Downtown Fresno, what was once an empty lot, now sits the new $100 million, three-story county corrections facility. "The new facility is an example of the changing correctional landscape in California that started with the passing of AB 109, which realigned our prison populations away from state prisons and placed an increasing number of sentenced offenders into our county jails," Fresno County Sheriff John Zanoni said. The West Annex Jail will replace the South Annex Jail. The new facility can hold 300 inmates, which is about 200 inmates fewer than what the south facility held. However, due to the outdated condition of the south jail, Zanoni said that at times, up to 10% of beds were not being used. "There's not going to be a mass release of 199 incarcerated persons," Zanoni said. With 10 exercise yards, medical clinics and much more the new jail is focusing on the well-being and mental health of both inmates and staff. "Whether it's counseling through mental health, whether it's the programming, so we don't have those individuals re-offend all the time, to give them the skills and the tools to go out and be successful and hopefully not come back," he said. The way the West Annex Jail was built, it has the capability for two additional housing floors to be added on top, "which would double the capacity." Zanoni said once all inmates are transferred to the new jail, the south facility will be used as office and storage space.  He assured that this will not affect the way inmates are transported to court. "With this facility here, it's linked to the north jail, which is linked to the main jail and the underground tunnel which goes to the courthouse, it's just a little bit of a longer track, but we'll still be able to do that, still be able to get them to court via that tunnel in a very safe and efficient manner," he said. Inmates will gradually be moved to the new facility starting within the next two weeks.