The Daggett County jail, west of Manila in eastern Utah, has gone up for sale as county leaders struggle to pay off a bond on the troubled facility, closed since 2017 after an inmate-abuse scandal.
Two buildings, totaling 17,680 square feet. Rural location. Views from most "rooms" are limited. Asking price: $4.45 million.
“There are challenges,” said Nate Worthen, real estate agent with Newmark Grubb ACRES, the Salt Lake City-based commercial brokerage hired to help sell the property. “But those challenges are someone’s opportunity, at least that’s how we see it.”
Worthen said the 80-bed jail has been listed since last Wednesday after the Daggett County Commission voted in August to sell.