Today, a person exiting the jail walks into a room with phone chargers, snacks and water. Staff from multiple agencies like Valley Behavioral Health are there, too, to help if needed. Officials call it the Jail Resources Reentry Program.
The program began at the Salt Lake County jail in April and has helped approximately 850 people, as of Sept. 1.
Today, a person exiting jail walks into a sage green room, where a U-shaped couch and multiple device chargers are ready for use. There’s snacks and water too. The “footprints to freedom” remain, but now they’re painted all the colors of the rainbow. Staff from Salt Lake County Criminal Justice Services, Salt Lake Legal Defenders and Valley Behavioral Health ask each person“It’s support to break a bad cycle,” Wilson said.
“I remember years ago, just feeling like there must be a better way to deal with people being released from jail,” she said. That was a one-time grant. Wilson said that county officials will measure the impact of this program, and, if it works, “we’ll find a way to continue to fund it.”
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