As the city moves toward finding a new location out of Downtown for the Duval County jail, some City Council members want to keep it out of their districts.
Council member Jimmy Peluso is preparing to introduce legislation to keep the jail out of his. Two Council members, Ju’Coby Pittman and Reggie Gaffney Jr., want that resolution extended to include theirs as well.
Peluso represents District 7, which encompasses Downtown and several neighborhoods to the north, as well as the west bank of the St. Johns River from Brooklyn to Naval Air Station Jacksonville.
Pittman represents District 10, which is north of Peluso’s. It is south of the Trout River and west of the St. Johns River…