Jorgensen's resignation came days after Utah's Department of Corrections said it turned over a months-long investigation of "serious, criminal allegations" of inmate mistreatment at the jail to the state Attorney General's Office. The jail, near Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area in the small town of Manila on the Wyoming border, has been empty since February, when state officials say they learned of the mistreatment allegations and removed 80 inmates, all male, to other jails or prisons. State and county officials have declined to release details about the nature of the abuse allegations, saying only it involved "multiple, distressing allegations" involving corrections officers and higher-ranking commanders at the jail. Utah Corrections Executive Director Rollin Cook said in a statement Friday that the allegations were "serious, criminal allegations, involving unprofessional conduct and unacceptable correctional practices, which put the inmates and the public in jeopardy." American Civil Liberties Union of Utah, which has provided legal help to inmates at other jails and prisons over treatment and conditions, has not received any complaints about Daggett County, according to organization spokeswoman Anna Brower Thomas.