Donald Baxter, University Heights

When the inmates at the Johnson County Jail are treated humanely at the facility they are in…

When they are not charged for a phone call to their families, and when their families can visit them face-to-face and not one at a time on a video screen…

When inmates are allowed visits by social workers or other mental health professionals…

When inmates have health concerns properly addressed here in Iowa City, with its proximity to the University of Iowa Health Care just a mile away…

When incarcerated people are treated with respect, especially considering 90% of the people in our jail have neither pleaded guilty or have been found guilty of any crime…

I might consider the prospects of raising our taxes to build a facility, but Johnson County has not convinced me that their humanity is front and center here.