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Utah sheriffs urge lawmakers to maintain jail-contract funding and back search-and-rescue aid
Summary
The Utah Sheriffs Association told lawmakers county jails provide essential contracted beds and urged continued Department of Corrections contract funding, while also seeking support for search-and-rescue reimbursements and court-security funding.
The Utah Sheriffs Association asked the Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee on Jan. 31 to support the Department of Corrections— request for increased jail-contract funding, saying county jails now provide a crucial 1,600 beds for state inmates and that a recently adopted contract formula will stabilize costs over time.
Sheriff Tracy Glover, Kane County sheriff and president of the Utah Sheriffs Association, told the committee the formula adopted in 2022 created "continuity, consistency, predictability" and will level off higher contract rates as Department of Corrections wage and staffing costs stabilize. "We—re now operating under the Department of Corrections standards," Glover said, adding county jails run aligned treatment programs and provide housing and care…
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