| Show me We e Cant Can't Have a Pr Progressive gr 1947 Cit City With o a a 1900 Set of Public Facilities p Sa Lake city City's antiquated j jail Jo- Jo the safety building g. g is so I adly overcrowded that prisoners have haves I 40 s to 10 in r relays br on the e floor floor 1 Jill All ms Js ot t jail s sere ere jare ok u. u tiji this y year with ri d to lo date diLe atc to the previous r peak Q QZ Jn 19 Accord Accord- ng to Sergeant Jor Jorene cn chief hief j jailer iler the he average number of per day days s with the toW total usually Jon n week wm ends when when when-a a number drunks f e et-c et c Ji are e rounded p. p 3 Grea Greatest t. t nun number ber in the ail au at any me this year car was was' persons Thais That's Almost twice a as m many ny prisoners as the he fail BU Is d designed ed to o hold There are only 12 brinks ks in the structure j This is a deplorable situation Jails ere er r b bad enough gh nd r b but when a jail is ii a as old ai S Sat L Lake ie City's and then is so 80 o overcrowded t t becomes a disgrace Such overcrowding means that hardened crimin criminals l ls' ls and v vicious c us ous s sc scum m are re crammed in t f together with individuals whose only offense may toe e th that t they imbibed too freely or got I Into nto nto alight fight on the street Those guilty of ol who might be t are f thrown z 1 in t 1 with professional i op al 1 makl making making- g contacts t criminal lore which ay le ie d to a life of T. T crime J The The jail situation is typical of oJ the way I s I o in which so many of our ur public buildings and institutions are r The jail was wa built just jus after the turn of the century almost almos 50 years ears ago A At that time it was wano no doubt adequate But there h ha has s been much change since since then Salt La Lake e City ha has more more than thaD doubled the population it had ad in 1900 New techniques in penal administration tion and new hew ideas s in n Jail design would outmode outmode the structure even if if our greatly in increased increased increased in- in creased population did not s Salt Jt Lake City n needs eds a new jail jaB just justas a as jt needs Jt-needs ne needs ds many new new p public b buildings to keep pace with i it development into a bustling western metropolis We arent living in the thc days of 1900 We cant can't get along with the public buildings of 1900 any more than we could get along with tl the transportation r a system y tem the water r t t system of 1900 1990 The problem of f bringing S 'S Salt lt Lake Lako City up to and 1947 1947 and in addition looking look look- ing jug for forward ard to keeping it up to date in i 1957 and 1967 when our population l- l lund und undoubtedly rib be mii much greater than l ii if is today today today-is is n not t easy solution But Buta a solution must be found We have to toe e p pace cre Y with th the he tim times es We e hav have to toke tok ke k Q of progress Bt and population po ul tion alt City isn't standing still and w ant run ron a i 1947 Salt Lake City properly properly prop prop- erly and progressively with a 1900 set of f public c facilities |
