Article: Winder seeking more beds for overflowing jail

The Salt Lake County jail is bursting at the seams.

Faced with the problem of not having enough jail beds, Salt Lake County Sheriff Jim Winder during the past few days patched up the problem by releasing 10 women from the jail -- women who have consistently violated court orders but are otherwise nonviolent offenders.

Winder's long-term solution is to find more jail beds and eventually reopen the Oxbow Jail, using the facility for alternatives-to-incarceration programs.

The sheriff said Tuesday that he plans to make a formal request to the County Council to provide emergency funding to open up 128 beds at the county jail. In November, he plans to ask the council about Oxbow Jail.

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