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Utah officials plan a 16-acre campus on Salt Lake City’s outskirts that could hold up to 1,300 homeless people for addiction and mental health treatment, much of it involuntary. Gov. Spencer Cox supports the plan, aligned with a Trump executive order on camping bans; it includes an 'accountability center' and civil commitments. Critics warn of civil-liberties risks, inadequate staffing and financing, and a remote site with limited transit, likening it to a prison or warehouse. Costs are estimated at $75 million to build and $34 million annually, with many details unsettled ahead of a 2027 opening.

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