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County approves budget to reopen Oxbow jail pod, adds 184 beds
Summary
Salt Lake County Council approved a budget adjustment to reopen a previously unused pod at the Oxbow detention facility, adding 184 beds and authorizing ongoing and one‑time funds to support staffing, operations and facility work. Council members framed the move as a short‑term fix while discussing longer‑term capacity needs.
The Salt Lake County Council voted to approve a budget adjustment to reopen a third housing pod at the county's Oxbow detention facility, a move county officials said will add 184 beds and reduce the number of daily overcrowding releases.
County correctional leadership told the council the county has been releasing about 10 people a day because of overcrowding. “A result of that, recently we've been averaging about 10 individuals that we released due to overcrowding purposes, each day,” a jail official said during the presentation.
Why it matters: council members and the sheriff's office described the action…
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