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Show New Jail on tap for Uintah county A new Uintah County jail and a major addition to the present courthouse will soon be built in Vernal. According to Uintah Uin-tah County Sheriff Arden Stewart final approval of the plans and the go ahead will come shortly. The new jail will hold 60 prisoners, compared to the present facility's capacity of 26. The jail will be built northeast nor-theast of the courthouse. There are currently cur-rently tennis courts located where the jail will be built. The current facility, according ac-cording to Sheriff Stewart, is badly outdated out-dated and often overcrowded. The addition to the courthouse will be built directly to the north of the present structure, connected by an enclosed breezeway. The addition will be half state offices and half county offices. It will house the Sheriff's Office, the Utah Highway Patrol, and the State Driver's License Division. |