Pueblo County Jail faces possible overcrowding
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) -- On July 21, the Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment announced the COVID-19 outbreak at the Pueblo County Jail had been officially resolved. Now, the jail might be facing an overcrowding issue.
During the pandemic, to curb an outbreak at the jail, a court order allowed law enforcement discretion in whether to arrest or issue citations for individuals involved in certain civil, traffic, or misdemeanor offenses. That allowed the sheriff's office to decrease the inmate population.
With that court order lifted, County Sheriff Kirk Taylor told the Chieftain he expects to reach a pre-pandemic capacity of more than 650 inmates housed at one time.