As the city moves toward finding a new location out of Downtown for the Duval County jail, some City Council members want to keep it out of their districts.

Council member Jimmy Peluso is preparing to introduce legislation to keep the jail out of his. Two council members, Ju’Coby Pittman and Reggie Gaffney Jr., want that resolution extended to include theirs as well.

Peluso presented a draft of the legislation at a public meeting Friday at City Hall. The legislation would recommend that council refuse to build a jail in neighborhoods that have been redlined during Jacksonville’s history.

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