Special City Council committee begins look at Downtown jail, police facilities

The organizational meeting Aug. 16 established five subcommittees to gather data for current buildings and future needs.


  • By Dan Macdonald
  • | 4:45 p.m. August 16, 2023
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The Duval County Jail in Downtown Jacksonville.
The Duval County Jail in Downtown Jacksonville.
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An organizational meeting Aug. 16 of the Jacksonville City Council’s Special Committee to Review JSO Primary Facilities created five subcommittees to study short-term needs for the jail and police headquarters building Downtown as well as specifics for a new jail and administrative facility.

The Duval County jail is at 500 E. Adams St. and the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Police Memorial Building is at 501 E. Bay St.

Whether to keep the jail and police headquarters or move them from the Downtown Northbank to open the property for redevelopment, has been a topic for years.


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