Sarasota County leaders to consider land buy for jail expansion

The Main Street parcel would be an early step in a yearslong process to add space to the over-capacity facility.

  • By Eric Garwood
  • | 3:40 p.m. April 21, 2025
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The property at 2100 Main St. is under consideration by Sarasota County as part of its jail-expansion plans.
The property at 2100 Main St. is under consideration by Sarasota County as part of its jail-expansion plans.
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Sarasota County commissioners on Tuesday are scheduled to consider the purchase of land on Main Street, just east of Washington Boulevard in downtown Sarasota, to complete an early step toward an eventual expanded Criminal Justice Center complex.

 

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