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Residents and advocacy groups urge council to halt ACRJ expansion, push funds to alternatives
Summary
Dozens of residents and members of the People’s Coalition urged Charlottesville City Council to stop funding an expansion of the Albemarle–Charlottesville Regional Jail, arguing the project is over budget and that funds should go to community services, mental-health care and reentry programs.
Dozens of residents pressed Charlottesville City Council on the Albemarle–Charlottesville Regional Jail expansion during the city’s public comment period, urging officials to halt the project and redirect money to community-based services.
The city manager announced earlier in the meeting that bids for a bond-financed phase of the ACRJ project came in above budget and that the presentation by Colonel Coomer and the associated item were removed from the agenda while the jail authority and stakeholders determine a path forward.
The People’s Coalition and several speakers told the council the larger project now described in packet materials — which…
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