The Fayette County Jail could soon become one of the few facilities in the region to begin housing federal inmates.

A unanimous Fayette County Commission voted to enter into a contract with U.S. Marshals to house federal inmates at the county jail in Uniontown.

With approval from the Fayette County commissioners and the county’s jail board, up to 30 federal inmates will be housed in the county’s lockup. Warden John Lenkey said Wednesday that the agreement ...