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Lawmakers weigh jail capacity funding as bill would limit releases for overcrowding
Summary
Legislators and presenters discussed jail capacity and a bill that would prevent automatic release for overcrowding in dangerous cases, while sheriffs warned counties rely on contracted beds and asked for continued DOC contract funding.
Lawmakers on the Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee discussed jail capacity and a proposed change to pretrial-release practice that would curtail releases for overcrowding in cases the bill defines as dangerous.
Representative Lisenby told the committee that Salt Lake County has for two years released thousands of arrestees for overcrowding — 4,000 in 2023 and…
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