JSO has estimated that building a new jail could cost the city around $250 million.
The Duval County jail, or John E. Goode Pre-trial Detention Facility, is currently located just off East Bay Street in downtown Jacksonville.– Incoming Jacksonville City Council president Ron Salem said one of his main priorities when he takes the helm will be building a new jail and moving it away from its current home just off East Bay Street downtown.
“I’ll be setting up a process where we can have that public discussion involving the public defender, the courts, the state attorney, the clerk of the court, bringing all the people together and trying to figure out where we move it, what services are provided, mental health, health care, etc. in order to we can begin the process of hopefully building a new jail at some point in the future,” Salem said.
No potential locations were immediately pinpointed by Curry back then, but one suggestion is to build a pretrial detention facility on Lannie Road on the Northside, on property adjoining the Montgomery Correctional Center. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office estimated it would cost $246 million.“We’ve just begun to look at hiring a consultant that will aid us in that process. So I really have no idea. I think it depends a great deal on where we put it.
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