San Diego County Sheriff says Vista Detention Facility has reached ‘end of useful life’

VISTA (KGTV)- The San Diego County Sheriff’s Office says the Vista Detention Facility has reached the end of its useful life and is looking to replace the aging jail, which was built in 1972.

Sheriff Kelly Martinez says a consultant was brought in to assess whether the facility could be renovated — and the findings pointed toward replacement.

“We had a consultant come and examine the jail and tell us whether we could um fix the insides, basically renovate it or what we needed to do, and the consultant came back and advised us that it’s at the end of end of useful life,” Martinez said…

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