Sheriff’s Office wants to replace Vista jail with nearly $1 billion facility

VISTA (KGTV) — The San Diego County Sheriff’s Office says the Vista jail needs to be replaced, with an estimated price tag of $949 million for a new facility.

Commander Christopher Lawrence said critical systems inside the current jail are failing.

“There’s critical systems inside the facility that are failing. That includes plumbing, electrical, some of our security systems that are decades old, and, uh, it’s just, it’s beyond what we can do repair work on anymore,” Lawrence said…

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