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RESOLUTION NO. 8,256
A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT BY THE BOARD
OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK FOR A
ONE CENT SALES TAX FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A
NEW EIGHT HUNDRED BED JAIL FACILITY.
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has become increasingly
aware of the shortage of bed space for the holding of prisoners in
Pulaski County, and
WHEREAS, this shortage of bed space has created a critical
overcrowding problem for the Little Rock Jail as well as other
jail facilities located throughout the county, and
WHEREAS, the ability to incarcerate people sentenced to
jail is an important theory of punishment which must be preserved,
and
WHEREAS, the inability to incarcerate prisoners sentenced
to jail substantially undercuts the integrity of the criminal
justice system and its ability to impose justice on a fair and
consistent basis.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1: The Board of Directors recognizes the critical
need for the building of a new eight hundred bed jail facility to
house criminal detainees in Pulaski County.
SECTION 2: The City of Little Rock Board of Directors
wishes to go on record as aggressively supporting a temporary
county wide one cent sales and use tax for the construction of a
new eight hundred bed jail facility.
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ADOPTED: February 6, 1990
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