Pima County Supervisors voted 3-2 Tuesday to create a commission to look into the jail's condition. Sheriff Chris Nanos told the county late last year it's time for a new facility.
TUCSON, Ariz. — A new Blue Ribbon Commission will look into the prospect of a new Pima County jail, at the suggestion of Sheriff Chris Nanos. In December, he made a case to the Board of Supervisors that the aging facility was riddled with issues, resulting in"deplorable" conditions.
"When you hear the concept of a 'new jail,' it's not just the physical construction of such but it may be...what are the current standards, and how we might want to look at additional ways to operate the jail," Lesher said. A primary function of the commission would also be to look into the best possible sources of funding, which Lesher says could come from a number of sources—formation of a new 'jail district,' a sales tax and a general fund bond were some of the possibilities the commission will likely explore.
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