BRYAN COUNTY, Ga (WSAV) -- Bryan County Sheriff Mark Crowe told News 3 the county jail has the lowest capacity per capita in the state of Georgia, with only 68 beds, and we're told it is time to build an additional county jail. According to Crowe, the Georgia Sheriff's Association said in 2025, they will be in need of a 475-bed facility, and they will need it to carry them 20 years into the future. The office is currently paying for inmates to be housed in Liberty and Ware County Jails, and Crowe said it costs $45 a day per inmate. “This year, it’ll be between $500,000 and $1 million on just housing out inmates to other counties,” he said. “That's not including the time that it takes the deputy, our transport officer to go get them…” 19-year-old sought for teen’s murder in Bryan County Crowe said that it puts a strain on the budget and that it’s money that could be used on employees and equipment. Furthermore, with more job opportunities like the Hyundai Metaplant bringing more people into the region, officials expect inmate transfers to increase. “The Hyundai plant is in our county and is causing all these other counties that touch us to have to build new facilities or build on to their facilities,” Crowe explained. “But the plant is in our county.  What’s it going to do to us? We're already number one on the bad list, so we're going to have to do something.” He told News 3 that a full jail is hindering officers’ abilities to do their jobs well and could result in some offenders being released sooner than he would like.  He said expanding the current jail would encroach on someone else’s property but building a new jail could be costly. “…the price of the building materials per square foot has gone up tremendously since COVID,” Crowe told News 3. “The facility that you could build for 50 million or 25 million… now is $50 [million] and what was $50 million is now a $100 [million].” It is a project that is still in the early stages. “I want to see this facility built and operational within this next four-year term that I have,” he revealed. “I would like to see it at least started, hopefully, finished.” Crowe said it would be a new addition from which residents and his team would benefit.