Sheriff Chris Nanos is asking the Board of Supervisors to consider raises for corrections officers and rebuilding the jail as conditions continue to deteriorate at the facility.
Nicole Ludden Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos pleaded for help from the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday to improve conditions at the county jail he said is in “full-blown crisis” amid a growing inmate population, a decreasing number of corrections officers and deteriorating conditions at the facility.
In the long term, Nanos asked for a half-cent “jail tax” that would fund “competent staff, build a new correctional facility relieve other Pima County law enforcement agencies from millions of dollars for inmate housing costs.” The sheriff said the jail’s “operational capability has degraded from that of a critical state to a full-blown crisis.” The jail is running at 92% capacity, he said, a number far above the operational ideal of 85% capacity. The over-population is causing about 100 inmates to sleep on cots on the floor, while more than 650 inmates have been waiting more than 120 days for a trial, according to the sheriff.
Nanos also described deteriorating infrastructure at the jail he called “unlivable for our inmates” and “a horrific work environment” that includes mold, frequent flooding and crumbling concrete.
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