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Inmates, Staff Removed From
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Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Joseph W. Oxley, Monmouth County
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American Jail Association, oversees a
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735 employees.
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The Gwinnett County Detention Center
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Ask The Expert
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Gary Maynard, secretary of the
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
In
this issue of Correctional
News , along with our regular
coverage of new developments in
the industry, we are introducing
“Ask The Expert,” a new feature that
tasks corrections professionals with
answering questions from readers
like you and our editorial staff.
In the inaugural “Ask The Expert”
article, Gray Maynard, who was
recently hired by Maryland to lead
the state’s prison system and serves
as president of the American Correctional Association, discusses communications issues and the recent
closure of a maximum-security prison
that has been plagued by violence.
The article starts on page 22 and
more coverage on the closure is in
our news section on page 8.
If you are interested in contributing a question to a future “Ask The
Expert” column or if you would like
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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
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engineering firm. Melanie Hall joined
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is pursuing her architectural registration in Michigan state. Justin Wieber
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with the state. Bill Goetz joined the
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Charles Brown, AIA, LEED AP, and
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David Kriegel was appointed managing principal at Gran Kriegel Associates, an architecture and planning firm
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charge of strategic planning and business development roles. He has been a
partner at the firm since 2000.
Georgeann B. Burns joined the
Chicago office of R TKL Associates
Inc., an international architectural and
planning firm. In her new position, she
will be responsible for planning and managing for health care projects. Prior to
joining the firm, she served as principal
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Trivers Associates, an architecture
firm with offices in St. Louis, named
Amy Tongay as a senior architectural
designer. She has experience in programming, master planning, project
management and varied design services
in the educational, recreational, municipal, commercial and residential markets.
The Board of Directors for JE
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promotion of Gregg L ynch to president and CEO. The firm also promoted
Doug Combes to vice president in
charge of the Houston office. Carl
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president responsible for the safety and
security group and quality assurance.
JE Dunn, headquartered in Kansas
City, Mo., is a construction management and general contracting company.
Paul L. Gonzales joined Cannon
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vice president of the firm’s Yazdani Studio. He has more than 15 years of experience and prior to joining the company,
he ser ved as a principal with RTKL
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In addition, Cannon hired Benjamin
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design include all phases of project
development, from master planning and
programming to design and project
delivery.
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Howard Skolnik was appointed as
the new director of the Nevada
Department of Corrections. He has
been the department’s deputy director
for industrial programs since 1987, and
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more than 42 years of experience with
corrections, and worked at the Illinois
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position, along with experience in cost
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of concrete roof tile based in Sanderson, Fla., hired David Thomas as
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Chicago Metallic Corporation, a
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Report: U.S. Prison Population to Hit 1.7 Million
Researchers Predict Additional $27 Billion in Corrections Spending for Next 5 Years
WASHINGTON — The U.S. prison
population is expected to reach 1.7 million within the next five years — an
increase of more than 192,000 inmates
— if no changes are made to federal or
state sentencing and release policies,
according to a study commissioned by
Pew Charitable Trusts.
The report, “Public Safety, Public
Spending: Forecasting America’s Prison
Population 2007-2011,” projects the
national prison rate will jump 13 percent
by 2011, meaning 562 per 100,000 residents — or one out of every 178 Americans — will be incarcerated.
“It’s the equivalent of locking up the
entire cities of Atlanta, Baltimore and
Denver,” says Adam Gelb, project director for Pew.
Analysts predict $27 billion in additional spending on corrections during
the next five years, including $15 million
in operating costs and $12 billion in new
capital construction costs.
The United States spends more than
$60 billion a year on corrections, up
from $9 billion 25 years ago. The current
average annual operational cost per prisoner for individual states is $23,876. The
average cost for the Federal Bureau of
Prisons is $23,429.
Pew analysts worked in conjunction
with the Washington-based JFA Institute,
a nonprofit consulting firm, to obtain
population projections from all 50 states
and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Of
those polled, 42 states — accounting for
more than 90 percent of the U.S. prison
population — submitted official estimates. Researchers worked with the
remaining eight states to develop projections based on their most recent prison
admission and release data.
The inmate population is expected to
rise in a majority of states. Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana and Vermont can
expect one new prisoner for every three
currently in the system if there are no
changes to their sentencing and release
policies, the report states.
Florida’s prison system is expected
to cross the 100,000-prisoner threshold,
making it the third state to do so, along
with Texas and California.
Prison authorities in Colorado,
Washington, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah
and South Dakota anticipate there will
be one new prisoner for every four now
incarcerated, according to the report.
Louisiana has an incarceration rate
of 835 prisoners per 100,000 residents —
one of the highest rates in the nation —
and the report projects that figure to
reach 859 within five years.
The report does not predict any
growth for Connecticut, Delaware or
New York.
Analysts attribute the rise in the
inmate population to state and federal
policies that affect how many inmates
are admitted into the prison system and
how long they stay, including: mandatory minimum sentencing; a decline in
the number of inmates granted parole;
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tion violators; and the creation of threestrikes laws.
The study also shows that the number of repeat offenders in some states
have contributed to the population
increase, due to a lack of programming
designed to curb recidivism, including
drug courts and re-entry programs.
States in the West, Midwest and
South show increasing numbers of
methamphetamine cases, which have
become significant contributors to
prison growth, according to the
report.
The female inmate population is projected to increase by 16 percent by 2011,
while the number of male inmates will
grow by 12 percent, the report states.
The female prisoner population has
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129-Year-Old Maryland Maximum-Security Prison Closes
JESSUP, Md. — The violence-plagued Mar yland
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Nearly 850 inmates at the 129-year-old maximumsecurity prison were transferred to other facilities during
a process that took several weeks to execute. The plan
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“It very quickly became clear to me that one of my
first jobs was to close the antiquated and dangerous
House of Correction,” Maynard says. “This facility is
not suited for modern-day incarceration, much less
maximum-security.”
To avoid potential inmate violence, the plan was
kept secret and only four of Maynard’s 12 aides were
notified. Officials transferred 655 of the inmates during
the final week of the facility’s operation. Some
inmates were transferred at night and they were
not told of their destination until after they were
in transport vehicles, according to the reports.
About 100 of the most dangerous prisoners
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(Top) A prison employee escorts an inmate from the House of Correction to a transport vehicle. (Above) Governor
Martin O’Malley, foreground, and corrections Secretary Gary Maynard spoke during a press conference.
the public, our corrections officers, and our
inmates,” says Governor Martin O’Malley.
Most of the inmates were sent to the North
Branch Correctional Institution in Cumberland,
a new maximum-security facility. Renovations on
150 cells at facilities throughout the state were
“It very quickly became clear to me
that one of my first jobs was to close
the antiquated and dangerous
House of Correction.”
also completed to allow inmate transfers.
None of the 438 prison employees were laid
off and they were all offered jobs at other department facilities, many of which are in the area.
Officials say the staff transfers will help the
other facilities, which have had trouble recruiting employees.
State officials initially planned to convert the
prison into a minimum-security facility after a
correctional officer was murdered by an inmate
in July, but Maynard decided that immediate
action had to be taken following the last stabbing in March.
A correctional officer and three inmates died in the
prison within the last year. There were also large riots
at the prison in 1945 and 1964. In 1979, 30 inmates
escaped from the facility after removing bars from a
window with a saw. Another multiple-inmate escape
occurred in 1989, when three inmates escaped and
killed a Florida police officer.
Corrections officials, union representatives and
politicians have pushed for the prisons closure for several years. Its design is based on prison-management
concepts that were common in the 1800s, and there are
areas with tight corners and narrow stairwells that create blind spots for prison workers. The locks are so old
that inmates were able to pick them and leave their cell,
and thick walls in some areas of the facility prevented
radio communication. I
Read more about the
closure of the Maryland
House of Correction on
page 26 in the debut
installment of “Ask the
Expert,” a new column
that will appear regularly
in Correctional News.
Maynard
NEWS
Indiana to House Arizona Inmates
Phoenix — Indiana has too many
empty prison cells. Arizona has too
many prisoners.
Consequently, 1,260 minimum- and
medium-security Arizona inmates will
be housed at Indiana’s New Castle Correctional Facility. The prison, which
opened in 2002, has a 2,416-inmate
capacity, but currently only houses
about 1,000 inmates.
Arizona will not transfer high-risk
criminals, sex offenders, or prisoners
that have attempted to escape and have
disciplinary problems. The state will pay
$64 per inmate per day, generating an
expected $6.1 million in revenue for Indiana, which can terminate the contract
after one year. The facility is expected to
be at capacity by Memorial Day.
The transfer will create an additional
230 jobs at the privately managed Indiana prison, which will make the facility
the fourth-largest employer in the city.
A representative of the Arizona
Department of Corrections says the
agreement is a win-win situation. But
opponents of the plan say it’s a bad idea
because family visitation is an important
aid for inmate reintegration into society
and family visits will be difficult or
impossible in Indiana. Arizona officials
will offer at-cost charter bus trips and
video visitation to the relatives of
inmates transferred to Indiana.
Residents in New Castle are generally accepting of the decision to house
the Arizona inmates and hope it will
bring an economic boost to the area,
which has faced financial hardships in
recent years, according to reports. The
city was home to some of the best manufacturing jobs in the United States at a
Chrysler Corp. auto plant, but those jobs
are now gone.
The inmate transfers are expected to
be a temporary fix for Arizona. Indiana
officials anticipate they will need the
prison space by mid-2008 to house their
own offenders. To avoid potential problems, the inmate population of each state
will be separated at the facility.
Arizona, whose prison population is
one of the fastest growing in the nation, is
also housing 1,500 prisoners in Oklahoma.
Washington DOC Looking to
Transfer Inmates Out of State
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Officials with
the state Department of Corrections
plan to transfer a minimum of 200
inmates to out-of-state facilities to create room for more inmates at Washington prisons.
The department is struggling with
overcrowding and the search for
inmate beds has intensified since
Gov. Christine Gregoire’s order in
February to halt all early releases.
The governor’s directive followed
the release of 59 offenders from two
King County jails earlier this year
because of overcrowding. The
inmates were released conditionally
or allowed to leave the facilities after
agreeing to meet with community
corrections officers.
Department officials are uncertain
whether all 59 inmates have complied
with the terms of their probation. In
March, only 24 had reported to community corrections officers, according
to reports. Of those released, 21 were
convicted of assault, 15 were convicted of drug crimes, nine were convicted of burglary, three were
convicted of rape, and one was convicted of kidnapping.
The department has transferred
more than 950 prisoners out of
state since 2004 to alleviate overcrowding, according to reports.
Officials typically transfer healthy
inmates with a record of good
behavior and at least three years
left on their sentences.
The DOC is also adding beds to
two existing prisons in eastern
Washington. However, recent forecasts for state prison admissions predict Washington will need more
beds than what are planned for at
least the next two years.
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NEWS
Community Sees Employment, Economic Gains
MARIENVILLE, Pa. — Forest
County officials didn’t expect the Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution to
radically alter economic life when it
opened two years ago, but the facility
has made a significant impact.
The prison is the county’s largest
employer and provides jobs for 632
people from 28 counties. Forest
County’s unemployment was previously between 12 percent and 14 per-
cent for more than a decade, but that
lowered to around 7.4 percent after the
prison opened.
Ever y two weeks the prison disburses approximately $1.5 million in
wages, according to reports. It is estimated that ever y payroll dollar that
leaves the facility is circulated another
three times in the region. A $500,000
increase in proper ty assessment and
growth at local businesses is also
attributed to the facility.
The prison focuses on rehabilitation
and, in addition to drug and alcohol
counseling ser vices and psychological
ser vices, it provides job training and
education services.
Modern classroom and shop facilities feature vocational and technical
training programs, including heating,
ventilation and air conditioning; basic
electrical skills; custodial maintenance;
auto technology; drafting and design;
and a barber program.
The prison uses inmate labor for
daily maintenance and operations.
Inmates can earn 19 to 51 cents per hour
for various jobs, including shoveling
snow, cooking and cleaning. Nonviolent,
low-risk offenders participate in the
prison’s community work program,
which allows them to perform nonskilled tasks outside prison walls.
Regional Jail Expects Financial Boost From Housing Other Counties’ Inmates
WISCASSET, Maine — Officials at the Two Bridges
Regional Jail expect that the facility will cost the Lincoln/Sagadahoc Jail Authority more than $1 million
less to operate during the 2007-2008 fiscal year
because costs will be offset by housing inmates from
other counties.
Total revenue from housing inmates from other counties
is expected to be $1.4 million. It will be used to offset
expenses for Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties, which
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been growing at a faster rate than the
male population for several years. Studies show that the number of female
inmates has increased by 57 percent
since 1995, compared to the 34 percent
increase for males.
The average age of prisoners is also
on the rise because of longer sentencing. The average age of inmates placed
on parole increased from 31 to 34 years
old between 1990 and 1999, according to
the report.
forged an agreement to build the jail (see “Facility of the
Month,” Correctional News January/February 2007).
If the proposed $6.3 million budget is passed, the
cost to Lincoln County taxpayers this fiscal year will
be $3.7 million, down from $4.2 million last year.
Sagadahoc County taxpayers will pay about $3 million, down from $3.5 million last year.
The budget must be approved by the county commission in each county before it is passed.
Analysts project inmates over the
age of 55 will become a significant portion of the population and will impact
state and federal spending due to medical costs.
“The older population is an artifact
of longer sentences,” says James
Austin, a researcher with the JFA Institute. “That population is going to
increase and become ver y expensive
to house because of medical costs. It
will require more medical care and
that’s going to become a cost issue for
states.”
In other news, the jail authority asked Sagadahoc
County officials to investigate the purchase of additional property that borders the site of the jail, so the
facility could have room to expand in the future.
Possible uses of the land include creating a
women’s pre-release center to accommodate a rising
female inmate population. The property was
appraised at $342,000 and the owner has offered to
sell it to the jail authority for about $300,000.
“Over the past few years, states
have taken a variety of steps to
reduce the number of admissions to prison or reduce the
length of stay.”
While the implications of the report
are significant for state prison systems,
the projections are not unavoidable if
state legislators make changes to sentencing and release policies.
“Policy determines what happens,”
Geld says. “Over the past few years, states
have taken a variety of steps to reduce the
number of admissions to prison or
reduce the length of stay. There can be
action on any number of fronts to reduce
the growth of the population.”
Alternatives to incarceration, such as
drug courts and re-entry programs, have
been successful in reducing recidivism
in some states, analysts say.
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JUVENILE FACILITY NEWS
Youth Commission Resigns Amid Controversy
AUSTIN, Texas — The board of
directors for the state agency responsible for housing youth offenders
resigned in March amid reports that
employees covered up allegations of
sexual abuse of wards — the latest
development in a two-year investigation
of the juvenile correctional system.
Gov. Rick Perry called for the resignation of the six-member Texas Youth
Commission board following pressure
from the state Legislature. The Senate
voted to oust board members after
repor ts sur faced in Februar y that
agency workers covered up allegations
that two administrators at the West
Texas State School in Pyote had
molested male wards more than two
years ago.
Former Assistant Superintendent
Ray Brookins and former Principal
John Paul Hernandez were accused in
2005 of engaging in sexual misconduct
with wards, following an investigation
by the Texas Rangers. The agency filed
a report with a local district attorney,
but grew concerned in March 2005
when charges were not filed against
Brookins or Hernandez. Ranger of ficials then submitted their report to the
U.S. Depar tment of Justice and the
case now lies with the attorney general’s office.
Before stepping down, board members recommended a reform plan proposed by Ed Owens, acting executive
director for the commission, which
calls for stricter super vision, a centralization of TYC depar tments and new
procedures for investigating sex
abuse allegations. The board has
transferred authority to Owens, who
was hired to rehabilitate the agency
through a systematic overhaul of commission policy, procedure and staffing
requirements.
Owens will also consult with Special
Master Jay Kimbrough, who was
appointed by the governor to spearhead
an investigation of reports of failures
and wrongdoings by TYC staff, and specific instances of abuse. After reviewing
the commission, Kimbrough will present his findings to the governor and
the Legislative Audit Committee.
The state Senate also approved
emergency legislation proposed by
Perr y that will allow the attorney general to share jurisdiction with the local
county or district attorney when prosecuting commission offenses; give the
commission’s inspector general more
authority and autonomy; and allow the
commission’s special prosecution unit
to have expanded jurisdiction when
prosecuting crimes committed at TYC
facilities.
The sex abuse case is now being
investigated by a grand jury, which has
not heard testimony against Hernandez and Brookins. Federal prosecutors
have cited dif ficulties in pursuing
charges, due to a lack of evidence.
Other difficulties include proving that
any sexual acts were not consensual.
The jur y has adjourned, but plans to
reconvene in April.
Two other high-ranking commission of ficials recently resigned,
including General Counsel Neil
Nichols, who briefly ser ved as executive director, and Deputy Executive
Director Linda Reyes. The two administrators were part of the senior management team that was in place at the
time allegations surfaced.
The commission is also facing other
allegations, including repor ts of
harassment and physical abuse at the
hands of staf f members. More than
6,600 cases of abuse have been
repor ted to local law enforcement
agencies during the last six years, 18 of
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none of which were prosecuted.
The youth commission houses
about 2,700 wards, ages 10 to 21, who
are considered dangerous or chronic
offenders.
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
New Zealand Prison, Parole Systems Under Review
WELLINGTON, New Zealand —
Reports of corruption in New Zealand’s
prisons have prompted the Prime Minister and the Cabinet to order a review of
the country’s justice and penal systems.
The review will examine several laws
pertaining to the parole process, police
rights and system operations.
The parole system recently came
under fire after a convicted murderer
went on a deadly shooting rampage. The
Cabinet is working on restructuring the
parole process with changes that could
include: allowing police and prison officials to give confidential information
about an offender to the parole board;
giving the parole board power to call witnesses; and giving police the authority to
recall a parolee with permission from
the board.
Also under consideration is a law to
strengthen prison officials’ authority to
control contraband in their facilities.
The system was restructured 12 years
ago when the Justice Ministry and Corrections Department were split. Merging
the two branches again could be considered to address existing problems.
In other news, Wellington regional prisons manager Dave East was put on special
leave. Corrections officials did not disclose
why he was put on leave by press time.
Prison Size Doubling at Norfolk Facility
NORFOLK, England — A prison in
Norfolk, originally designed to hold 450
inmates, will expand to accommodate
more than double its original capacity.
Wayland Prison will be expanded to
house 300 more prisoners with the addition of pre-fabricated cells, bringing
potential capacity up to 1,000 inmates.
The facility has expanded three
times during the last decade from 450
inmates to 750 inmates. Prison officials
are confident that the new expansion will
be successful based on their past experiences at Wayland.
Overcrowding has put a strain on the
facility, according to government officials.
The categor y C prison opened in
1985, providing vocational training for
inmates. Some inmates are expected to
participate in a sex offender treatment
program.
Kenyan Prison System Slated for Major Renovation
KENYA, Africa — The Kenya prison
system is expected to undergo a major
renovation that could include up to $1
billion in improvements and drastic
changes to prisons in the country.
Labeled the Kenya Prisons Service
Charter and Strategic Plan for 20052009, the plan proposes physical,
personnel and maintenance improvements to existing facilities.
An inadequate physical infrastructure has hindered the system, creating
an atmosphere that is non-conducive
to the rehabilitation of prisoners,
according to officials. Creating modern and maintainable infrastructures
will be an important part of the overhaul. New reformation programs are
part of the plan, calling for the implementation of new staff services in
areas of criminology, sociology, psychology, social work and psychiatry.
The construction of 2,500 housing units
for staff has been proposed, and prison
officials will participate in programs that
will offer them a better-defined career
path with opportunities for advancement
and medical insurance.
The purchase of new prison vehicles
for prisoner transport and modern
cooking systems for prison kitchens
are included in the proposal. Other
improvements include installation of
security surveillance systems in the
principal institutions and improvements
to water-supply systems to avoid shortages.
Officials believe that, while ambitious, the proposals in the five-year
plan are achievable.
Israel to Build First Private Prison
JERUSALEM — The first private
prison in Israel is expected to save the
country $83 million a year.
Construction costs for the $239 million facility south of Beer Sheva will be
funded by the Israeli government and
the company that was hired to build and
operate the facility.
After construction is completed, the
facility will house about 800 inmates,
nearly 8 percent of the country’s inmate
population. Israel will pay $50 per day
per inmate to the company. Each inmate
will be provided with 16 square feet of
personal space within the facility.
Under the contract, the company will
operate the facility for 25 years, after
which time the prison will be placed
under government supervision.
The cost to house inmates at the private facility is about 25 percent less than
housing inmates at correctional facilities operated by the government,
according to reports. Officials say that
more private prisons could be used in
the future.
Swedish Official Calls for Longer Sentences
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — The justice minister is calling for longer prison
sentences in Sweden for people convicted of violent crimes, including robbery, assault and threatening
behavior.
A government investigation was
launched to investigate sentencing leg-
islation to ensure that courts are utilizing the full range of the law. The government is also investigation if it is
possible to increase prison sentences
for offenders already convicted of violent crimes and those who were convicted of committing multiple crimes at
the same time.
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HEALTH NEWS
Denver Drug Court Back in Action
DENVER — After a five-year hiatus,
the city’s $1.2 million drug court has
returned with a new system that is
expected to create more room for
inmates in jails and provide rehabilitative services for drug offenders.
The court will process drug offender
cases, which are expected to account for
40 percent of the city’s criminal charges
this year, within five days of arrest. This
system is expected to free up about 130
jail beds every day.
The drug court was designed to aid
people with drug addictions and rehabili-
tate them. People suspected of weapons
violations, sexual or criminal assault, or
possession of large amounts of drugs will
not be seen in the court. A judge will
decide who is eligible for the program.
Individuals who go through the drug
court will enter a nine-month program
that will include probation, mental
health treatment and random drug test-
ing. Offenders will be monitored for two
years following the completion of the
program. Those who do not comply with
the program will face penalties such as
stricter supervision and possible incarceration.
Approximately 1,800 defendants will
participate in the drug court program
each year, according to city officials.
The new court will be staffed with three
magistrates and three clerks, as
opposed to the previous court that only
used one district judge to preside over
the program. Previously, the drug
court was funded by state and federal
sources. It is now funded by the city’s
crime commission.
The drug court of Denver was implemented in 1994, but was disbanded in
2002 after District Court Judge William
G. Meyer, who spearheaded the program, retired.
New Legislation Could
Reduce Recidivism
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two
state senators have joined forces to
introduce a new bill that would
address problems with the state
prison system’s mental health care
by increasing funding for programs,
improving care, and providing comprehensive counseling and training.
Sen. Darrel Steinberg (D-Sacramento) and Senate Majority Leader
Gloria Romero (D-Los Angeles), citing what they called an abysmal
approach to mental health care,
introduced SB 851 in February.
“The missing element in prison
reform is improved mental health
treatment,” Steinberg says. “California has the highest recidivism rate
in the country. We have to address
the psychological issues that might
have gotten inmates there in the
first place.”
The California Mental Health Association estimates that 20 percent to
25 percent of inmates suffer from
mental health problems. Government
studies estimate 45 percent of mentally ill parolees receive little or no
mental health services, which can
result in recidivism.
Sponsored by the California Council of Community Mental Health
Agencies, SB 851 will apply the
“System of Care Approach” to seriously mental ill offenders, which provides a combination of services,
agencies and resources. It’s designed
to prepare mentally ill offenders as
they move from incarceration to
parole by providing counseling,
mediation, vocational training, and
independent living guidance.
“We know that if we use resources
such as mental health treatment and
proper medication, and address substance abuse and vocational rehabilitation as an investment, it will result in
dramatic reductions in hospitalization
and incarceration,” Steinberg says.
Health care representatives say if
California is going to build more
beds and spend more money to
reduce overcrowding, it must also
support a rehabilitation strategy. This
includes confronting mental health
conditions, which, if left untreated,
could lead to more crime.
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Q&A WITH JOSEPH W. OXLEY
Presidential Outlook
AJA President Discusses Operations, Accreditation
By Matthew Crawford
In addition to serving as president of the
American Jail Association, Joseph W. Oxley
has served as sheriff in Monmouth County,
N.J., for 11 years. Oxley oversees a $56.7
million operating budget and 735 employees. He plans to leave the post at the end of
this year to return to the private sector.
Oxley spoke with Correctional News
during a phone interview from his office
in New Jersey.
Q: Your one-year term as president of
the American Jail Association is almost
over. How has the experience been?
A: It’s certainly been an interesting
term. We have a new executive director,
Gwyn Smith-Ingley, and she has done a
phenomenal job during the course of my
term with what we’ve been able to do to get
the conference ready for AJA. We’ve got 45
educational workshops set up for this year.
Q: What do you do as president of AJA?
A: Every year is a little bit different.
This year, one of the hot items that we
have been working with is the Prison
Rape Elimination Act. We have had a
couple of hearings on that and it has
been one of the topics I’ve been working on. I’ll be the keynote speaker for
one of the state conferences coming up.
Q: What are your thoughts on the
Prison Rape Elimination Act? Is it going
to be helpful for jail administrators?
A: I think it focuses attention on the
issue, so in that respect it is helpful. But, in
terms of what folks are doing around the
country, I don’t know of any correctional
professional that doesn’t have awareness
about the topic. I think it is going to be
helpful in terms of what comes out of it as
far as training and mandates.
Q: Basically, it will reinforce ideas
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that are already out there?
A: Yes, ideas that some of the best
and brightest correctional professionals
throughout the nation are already
focused on. This just raises awareness
and hopefully it will generate some funding for additional training.
Q: Has your role as AJA president provided any insight to major trends in the
industry or any hot-button issues?
A: I don’t necessarily think being
president of AJA has helped, I think it is
the fact that I am very active in a professional organization. The networking that
we do with corrections and law enforcement is very positive.
I think gang awareness that started
in communities is now an undercurrent in many of our correctional facilities. Sharing information, thoughts
and trends with professionals is always
a help.
Joseph W. Oxley
Q: Do you think gangs have increased
in correctional facilities or is there now
just a more concentrated effort to address
the problem?
A: I think during the last few years the
awareness has been raised and there has
been more of a focus on violence in our
streets and in the correctional system.
Q: Are there any trends that really
trouble you? What is the most trying issue
for correctional facilities now?
Q&A WITH JOSEPH W. OXLEY
A: They are not trends that trouble
me, but truth-in-sentencing and threestrikes initiatives make it challenging to
ensure that facilities do not get overcrowded. In state facilities, we are going to
have an aging population and inmates that
may created additional health care costs.
Q: What operations aspects are
emerging that are improving correctional
facilities?
A: There is an increased emphasis on
the importance of continuing training to
make sure that employees are educated
and professional. I think the advancement of technology has also helped with
advancing population management.
Q: What are the most important technological advances that you have seen?
A: I think online educational opportunities for inmates are beneficial, along
with online records management for
medical records and fingerprint technology. Here at Monmouth County, we use a
system that compares a set of fingerprints with a database with literally millions of fingerprints in less than a half
hour. You know exactly who is in your
facility and if there are open warrants,
you are getting that information while
the person is still in the booking process.
taining a certain level of professionalism.
By having outside people come in to
look at the facility, it is a plus because we
are getting input on operations and management, and we get the benefit of standards that have been tested nationwide.
It can’t do anything but make the facility
a little better.
Q: It sounds like you are taking a
proactive approach to solving potential
problems before state and federal agen-
cies get involved.
A: It just gives you the peace of mind
at your facility. You know that it is operating the way it needs to be operated and
it is in that elite percentage of facilities
that have been accredited by the ACA.
Q: You are leaving your post as
sherif f this year after 11 years of public
service. What advice can you give other
administrators that are responsible for
housing inmates?
A: You have to keep your fingers on
the daily pulse of the facility. You need
to be active and involved on a daily
basis with issues that happen within
the facility.
Corrections is one of the most challenging jobs in law enforcement. It’s a
challenging population with acute medical and psychiatric needs, and at times it
is a violent population. It’s a very tricky
environment that needs to be monitored
on a daily basis. I
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I’m excited about the fingerprint technology and facial-recognition software
that is coming out. There are also a lot of
improved closed-circuit cameras and
advancements with communications.
There are advancements with inhouse communications in terms of what
corrections employees can do with their
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Q: All of your operations at the sheriff’s
office are accredited. Are you primarily
accredited by the American Correctional
Association or have you received accreditation from other organizations?
A: The American Correctional Association accredits our correctional facility
and our youth detention center. The
National Commission on Correctional
Health Care reviews our health care
component. The Commission on
Accreditation for Law Enforcement
agencies accredits our communications
center and our law enforcement division.
They are all looking to do the same thing
— to ensure professionalism and efficient operations.
Q: Does accreditation benefit you in
other ways?
A: The state department of corrections comes in and gives us annual
inspections, and we’ve always done very
well. Because we house federal inmates,
we get inspections from federal officials.
With ACA accreditation, a team comes in
and another set of eyes and ears looks at
our facility to make sure that we are main-
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DESIGN/CONSTRUCTION
Washington Prison
Expansion Nearly Done
WALLA WALLA, Wash. — The first
inmates to be housed at a Washington
State Penitentiary expansion are scheduled to arrive this summer.
The project is expected to cost nearly
$100 million and includes 270,000
square feet of new construction with
housing for 792 close-custody inmates
and 132 beds for segregated inmates.
“It’s a pretty intense structure,” says
Eric Wildt, project manager with HDRTurner. “It’s a building where they are
only allowed out of their cell for about an
hour a day.”
Inmates are expected to move into an
expansion at Washington State Penitentiary this summer.
The project also includes a new
intake building for the complex, a visitation center, and a control center.
A kitchen facility will provide meals
for 2,000 inmates and prisoners will be
able to utilize a gymnasium, education
rooms and a chapel. A property room
and offices will also be constructed.
The project is being managed by a
joint venture with HDR architectural
firm and Turner Construction Company.
Southern Folger and Lydig Construction
Inc. of Seattle also worked on the project.
“It’s a building where they are
only allowed out of their cell for
about an hour a day.”
Wildt, who is employed by Turner,
says the joint venture worked well and
HDR’s past experience in the corrections market was helpful.
“They have a lot of depth within their
organization,” he says.
Construction on the project began in
2005. There have been no major problems, although Wildt say a tight labor
market created some difficulties.
Other recent projects at the facility
include a new $6.6 million warehouse
and motor pool.
Alabama Cities Team
Up for Shared Metro Jail
TALLADEGA, Ala. — County officials awarded a construction bid for
the first phase of a $17 million metro
jail project.
Canndauson Construction Inc. of
Prattville, Ala., received $2.3 million
to build Phase I of the project, which
will include an administrative complex. Plans call for the eventual construction of a 378-bed housing unit.
Upon completion, the jail will be
shared among Talladega County
and the cities of Talladega, Sylacauga, Lincoln and Childersburg to
help ease overcrowding in the city
and county jail systems.
Officials are discussing funding
options for the project with financial
consultants, which will allow them to
finalize the contract.
PH&J Architects of Montgomery is
designing the jail.
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DESIGN/CONSTRUCTION
Law Enforcement Center Could be Added to Jail
WENTWORTH, N.C. — Officials in
Rockingham County are considering
adding a law enforcement center to
plans for a new $40.3 million jail and
courthouse complex.
Commissioners approved spending
$195,000 to design the proposed center,
but do not plan to give final approval for
the addition until construction bids are
submitted later this year.
If approved, the $4.5 million center
would house the sheriff’s office, which
is currently located at the county’s old
courthouse. Sheriff’s officials believe
construction of the center would prevent extra staf fing costs and streamline operations by moving the sheriff’s
department closer to the jail.
Critics of the proposal claim the
extra construction would require at least
a half-cent property tax rate increase for
residents. The county could pay as
much as $343,000 per year to cover the
cost of the center, according to reports.
The new complex will include an
emergency call center and emergency
medical services. A groundbreaking for
the complex is scheduled for early 2008,
with an expected completion date of
2010.
Moseley Architects is developing
designs for the proposed law enforcement center.
L.A. County Makes Room
for Female Prisoners
CASTAIC, Calif. — Super visors in
Los Angeles County approved spending
$2.3 million to design an expansion at
Pitchess Detention Center.
The $136 million expansion will add a
1,000-bed housing unit for female inmates
to the center. Plans call for the construction of a medium-security barracks
located at the site of a former medical
facility behind the center’s administrative
offices. Officials expect the design to be
completed within six months.
Work is also scheduled to begin
soon on a $113 million renovation at the
Sybil Brand Institute, a shuttered
women’s prison in Monterey Park. The
facility will be reopened to hold another
1,000 female inmates. The institute was
closed in 1997 due to disrepair and
insufficient funding.
Currently, the county’s only operational women’s facility is Centur y
Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood,
which houses more than 2,100 female
prisoners. Corrections officials would
like to convert the jail into a maximumsecurity men’s facility to alleviate overcrowding in the jail system.
The expansion of Pitchess Detention
Center and the renovation of the Sybil
Brand Institute are scheduled for completion in 2010.
SchenkelShultz Selected
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RALEIGH, N.C. — SchenkelShultz
was awarded a $115 million design
contract for new construction, additions and renovations to enhance
security and improve inmate management at the North Carolina Central
Prison Maximum Security Complex.
The complex is the primary medical
center and mental health correctional
facility for the central region of the
state’s prison system. The complex
master plan includes a new 120-bed
Regional Medical Center with emergency, outpatient and dental services;
a specialty clinic; acute long-term
care; and a surgery center. A mental
health center for inmate services and
housing will be located next door.
Construction on the project is
expected to be completed in 2010.
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Framing the Problem
Use a Broader Approach to Alleviate Overcrowding
By Margaret S. Bower
A good friend of mine is an amateur
photographer. During the past five years
or so, I’ve watched him improve his timing, composition and technical skills.
The thing he has always had an instinct
for, though, is framing the picture.
Where I might focus my eye on one item
of interest, he zooms back and captures
the mundane around the spectacular,
defining its striking qualities from the
contrast. His innate ability to frame the
picture makes all the difference in the
view he presents.
Criminal justice planning is a lot like
photography. The analytical components
of a typical jail or prison study are standard fare. A truly innovative plan, however, is carefully composed and analyzed,
with each element weighed against the
others. It requires policy makers who are
willing to take a risk and planners who
can take a broader view. It will also spur a
change in operations, in the way inmates
are treated, and in the way the system
relates to offenders.
Recently, I was fortunate enough to
work in two jurisdictions where the
vision of the project leadership resulted
in a systemic change in the way offenders are treated, and a focus on rehabilitation as a complement to punishment.
Jail crowding
Jail crowding is a prevalent issue
nationwide and as the incarceration rate
creeps to an all-time high, there are few
unaffected jurisdictions left. A recent
Bureau of Justice Statistics report noted
that at midyear 2005, prisons and jails
nationwide were admitting more than
1,000 inmates each week. This admissions
increase represents a 2.6 percent rise from
mid-2004 to mid-2005. The resulting
increase in average daily population is particularly acute at the county jail level. The
national jail average daily population grew
by almost 34,000 inmates to a record-high
of 750,000 prisoners in 2005 — a 4.7 percent increase in a one-year period.
City, county, state and federal agencies are bombarded by the challenges of
crime, public safety, threat to quality of
life and the demands of managing
offenders. Citizens’ demand for public
safety competes with their insistence on
low-cost solutions to create a balancing
act that is precarious at best, further
complicated by escalating growth in correctional populations.
The Franklin County Solution
Franklin County, Pa., was initially
focused on jail structure when it
embarked on a jail-needs study to help
alleviate overcrowding.
The county experienced significant
growth in the last decade and has a population that now exceeds 100,000 residents. This growth, along with a rise in
crime, pushed the 194-bed jail county jail
to twice its inmate capacity, with levels
sometimes reaching 400 inmates.
I served as the lead criminal justice
analyst and planner for Franklin County’s
project and was responsible for assessing
the need for a new, larger jail. It quickly
became clear that projected bed space
needs exceeded the county’s budget.
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While the county knew it must expand its
jail, it also sought a solution for lower-risk
chronic offenders to mitigate the size of
that expansion and bolster what it recognized as an incomplete continuum of
alternatives to incarceration.
We assembled a team with the warden, commissioners, cour t of ficials,
the probation depar tment, and other
key stakeholders to analyze the flow of
defendants through the county’s criminal justice system for both pre-trial
defendants and sentenced of fenders.
We conducted inter views, analyzed
lengths of stay, admissions, and the
average daily population levels over
time for various population groups.
Through this process, we were able to
identify a large population at the jail
that included non-violent, low-security
of fenders, many of whom had substance abuse problems.
This discovery was not surprising. In
almost ever y correctional facility, a
majority of the new admissions are
repeat offenders with substance abuse
issues who have been re-admitted after
drug and alcohol violations while on probation or parole.
As part of the solution at the jail in
Franklin County, we proposed development of a treatment-focused day reporting center for 150 offenders, paired with
a new 450-bed jail. Franklin County residents and criminal justice staff were
enthusiastic about the prospect of a
rehabilitation alternative, and embraced
the concept. The committee and I developed a plan that described program
goals, organizational structure, job
descriptions and admission/release
procedures. Warden John Wetzel
requested and received grant funding
from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to start the program.
After considering all of the options,
including separating the desired services, hiring internal staff, and contracting services, the county outsourced the
entire day reporting operation to BI
Incorporated, a long-time community
corrections organization that operates 30
similar centers nationwide.
By adding a day reporting center as a
release valve and building a smaller jail
than originally forecasted, Franklin
County saved an estimated $10 million
in new construction costs. It also created
an almost immediate solution — within
several months, while the jail was still in
design, more than 100 offenders were
participating in programs at the day
reporting center.
The jail population, which had been
hovering around 375 inmates, dropped
to 286 inmates within four months of
the center opening — the lowest average daily population in four years. The
average length of stay for inmates
declined from 72 days to 59 days
within 60 days of the center opening.
Additional savings of $3.2 million and
$650,000 were achieved by operating a
smaller jail and avoiding a premium to
house prisoners in nearby counties.
Bower
Nebraska Expands Options
Nebraska, like many states, has
encountered unprecedented offender
population growth, attributable in part to
crimes related to methamphetamine and
other drug-abuse violations.
This profile matches national trends
where more than six in 10 convicted
offenders were regular drug and alcohol
abusers prior to conviction.
As the lead analyst on a master plan
update for the Nebraska Department of
Correctional Services in 2005-06, our project team was asked to identify areas of
special needs within the system.
Together with department staff, the
team mapped out the various custody levels (maximum, medium, minimum and
community) and population groupings
(female, youth, sex offender, treatment)
within the prison system. A cross-tabulation revealed a shortage of substance
abuse treatment beds for medium- and
minimum-custody men, particularly for
those in pre-release status.
Jail crowding is a prevalent
issue nationwide and as
the incarceration rate
creeps to an all-time high,
there are few unaffected
jurisdictions left.
The master plan noted the shor tage, recommended strategies to
address the problem, and suggested a
follow-up study to develop a solution to
both the treatment shortfall and overcrowding.
Working closely with correctional,
treatment and administrative staf f, a
new project team outlined the conceptual, philosophical and operational
framework that would be the basis for
the design of a new facility. The facility
will focus on rehabilitation and prerelease preparation for inmates within
two years of release. While it is not
currently scheduled for construction,
it will be planned as a stand-alone
component of the next prison built in
Nebraska.
The population, which must have a
diagnosed need for treatment of addiction,
will move through the 256-bed facility with
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increasing levels of responsibility and freedom, mirroring their success in the treatment program. Initial housing will be in
dormitories; second phase housing will be
in double-occupied cells. The third phase
of housing will be in a normative, four-person living unit, complete with shared bathroom, kitchenette (microwave, sink),
laundry, and small living-room type area.
Living in close quarters with peers will
offer inmates the opportunity to learn
interpersonal skills that will help them succeed post-release, and rewards those who
have succeeded in treatment with greater
privacy and freedom of movement.
Increased freedom within a controlled
environment permits failure to be met
with both corrective action and support.
than 120,000 adults with drug-related
convictions, give solid financial incentive to pursue higher levels of treatment for those in prison.
One of the secondary goals of treatment in both Nebraska and Franklin
County is to return inmates back to society with better employment and decision-making skills, and an infrastructure
of continued care to help them to
become better citizens.
As with framing a photo with a clear
eye, what made the difference in these
two examples was the willingness of
policy makers to take a broader view, to
trust in the planning process, and to be
open to an innovative solution.
The more creative solution only
emerged after taking a non-traditional
view of the problem. The best solution
emerged not by limiting the analysis to
the subject of interest, but by expanding the view to include the whole system. The answers emerged after
framing the problem more broadly.
Margaret S. Bower is a nationally recognized criminal justice system analyst and planner with PSA-Dewberry of
Fairfax, Va. She has 12 years experience with state and local criminal justice systems nationwide, including
conducting complete criminal justice
master plans to development new sentencing alternatives. She may be
reached at (410) 265-9500.
Tangible, Intangible Benefits
Ultimately, the goal of reduced
recidivism is cost savings. Studies of
correctional treatment programs in
California have shown that taxpayers
save approximately $2.50 to $4 for
ever y dollar invested in treatment for
non-violent offenders. These results,
documented by a UCLA study of more
Internet Network Could
Link Ohio Courts
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Governor
Ted Strickland has proposed funding in the state budget to launch a
new Web site that could provide a
wealth of information from courts
throughout the state.
The Ohio Courts Network project
would contain records from 385
Ohio courts in 88 counties, making
it easier for attorneys and judges to
locate and identify court records
from all parts of the state.
The governor has proposed
spending $10.5 million during the
next two years to jumpstart the program and maintain it.
The proposal is subject to discussion in the state Legislature, which
could force changes to the program. The public would have limited access to court records and
officials have not yet decided what
guidelines will be used to determine the availability of information.
Opponents have raised concerns
about privacy and who will have
access to the information. Some
people have also questioned the
cost of the program.
Although the state will pay for the
bulk of establishing the network,
various court fees will have to be
increased to pay for the long-term
maintenance of the network.
Some courts currently have complete, up-to-date Web sites, but others have an almost nonexistent
presence on the Internet.
Some court officials says that
although it makes sense to create
the network, the logistics will be
difficult because every court has a
different case management system.
If funding for the program is
approved, a pilot system could be
created within three months.
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BREAKING BOUNDARIES
County Jail Uses Design Techniques to Mesh with Neighborhood
BY AMY P ERRY
(Top Photo) The sandblasted, white exterior finish, and large tinted windows
provide a modern look for the detention center expansion and blend with the
existing gray and white structure. (Bottom photo) The two-story stacks of cell
modules were designed for direct supervision.
FACILITY OF THE MONTH
have a stereotypical
appearance: a bleak,
imposing building
with a stark façade
punctuated by dime-slot windows, and a
dim interior with muted colors and rows
of cells bound by bars — a popular conception reinforced among the public by
movies and TV shows.
What many people do not know is
that jail designers and administrators
are working to eliminate this conception
through the use of light, color and — a
word formerly unassociated with jails —
comfort.
The recent expansion and renovation of the Gwinnett County Detention
Center in Lawrenceville, Ga., is no
exception. County officials worked with
Atlanta-based HOK for 10 months to
come up with an innovative design that
would not only expand the crowded facility, but also afford some measure of
comfort and improve operations.
Driven by an urgent need to expand,
the project employed several unique features, from planning through construction, to ensure a timely completion, a
cost-effective solution and ultimately
challenge the idea of what a jail should
look like.
Jails
Growing Pains
One of the fastest growing counties
in the greater Atlanta area, Gwinnett has
seen a meteoric rise in its inmate population during the last decade, resulting
in triple bunking at the county detention
center and the relocation of inmates to
other jurisdictions throughout the state
— a growing trend among facilities
across the countr y that are struggling
with overcrowding but lack the means to
expand. This temporary solution lasted
from 2002 to 2006 and cost Gwinnett millions of dollars in outside housing costs.
“At one point during the four-year
period, we topped out with 605 inmates
housed out at a cost of $45 per inmate
per day,” says Major Dillard Hughes,
project representative for the Gwinnett
Stainless steel shower cabinets were
installed in standard cell modules,
providing six stalls per wing.
County Sheriff’s Department. “This
translated into roughly $8 million a year
for the county.”
County officials knew they needed a
permanent solution to the overcrowding, but did not want to spring for a new
facility due to time and budget constraints. Instead, the county opted for a
large-scale expansion and renovation
that would add a 1,440-bed housing
tower and upgrade core services to support an influx of inmates — another
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trend gaining momentum in county facilities nationwide, according to John
Eisenlau, project architect with HOK.
“New facilities are very expensive,”
Eisenlau says. “There are a lot of projects nationwide that are being
expanded right now. There are a number of counties that do not want to build
a new facility but add on to an existing
one instead.”
County officials wanted to bring the
inmates back home as soon as possible
to reduce mounting housing costs and,
in 2003, launched an aggressive
design/construction program that
would allow them to round up all of the
inmates by 2006.
“The county was ver y concerned
about getting their inmates back into
their own facility,” Eisenlau says. “There
was some language in our contract and
the construction manager’s contract
about liquidated damages if the project
was not completed per schedule, creating incentive for not only HOK and the
construction manager, but also the
county to get the project done on time.
You’re talking about a lot of money for
every day the project is late.”
The 10-Month Charrette
When Gwinnett officials began the
design phase, they hired HOK through a
competitive interview process — a standard procedure when selecting a design
firm. However, the county continued to
apply this principle when selecting a construction manager for the project. Instead
of choosing a construction manager after
drawings were completed, the county
paid Turner Construction and Holder
Construction, both of Atlanta, a stipend to
participate in the entire 10-month design
phase. The county believed this designby-committee process would help the
design team, as there would be two contracting firms available to make recommendations, provide reviews and give
on-the-spot advice about constructability
and pricing, according to Eisenlau.
“There was a think tank with the
owner, the architect and two major contractors all in the same room,” Eisenlau
says. “Everybody was working shoulderto-shoulder during the 10-month period
to come up with the best solution.”
County officials also believed having
both firms witness the design phase
would help familiarize them with the
project.
“When they looked at the drawings
at the end of 10 months, nothing looked
Greek to them because they had been
involved all along,” Eisenlau says.
Finally, the county wanted to foster a
competitive spirit between Holder and
Turner. At the end of the design phase,
the county gave a set of drawings to both
firms and asked each to develop a guaranteed maximum price, creating a hardbid environment in which the two
companies that had been planning the
project together all along had to turn
around and compete against one another.
“The county’s thinking was that this
would create a competitive environment
that would keep people honest and drive
the cost down,” Eisenlau says. “The contractors had to sit in the same room and
compete with one another and share
information that may normally be proprietary or privileged. There was some
dead air from time to time, but in the end
the advantage was that both contractors
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understood the goals of the project.”
After both companies submitted a
GMP, the county reviewed the bids and
awarded the project to Turner Construction, who completed the project 30
months later.
Eisenlau says while potential clients
may raise an eyebrow at the prospect of
shelling out for not one, but two contractors, the cost to the county was only a
small stipend for each firm to participate, and both companies had a lot of
incentive to be involved.
The precast recreation yard is adjacent to the dayroom and provides natural light for the window cell modules.
Let There Be Light
To the casual obser ver, the detention center looks like anything but a
jail. Located near the convergence of
two highways, the facility is highly visible to commuters, tourists and nearby
commercial centers. As a result, the
county wanted the center to remain as
inconspicuous as possible and tasked
HOK with creating a look that would
help the new housing tower blend in
with its surroundings.
The eight-story tower is made up of 378 double cell modules.
“The challenge for HOK with this
project was to take the conception, or
typology, of what a jail looks like and
change it into something that looks
more community friendly,” Eisenlau
says. “There are a number of small businesses around the area that didn’t want
to look at a big high-rise jail up in the
sky. The community was very interested
in ways of softening the jail’s impact so it
could blend in and be a good neighbor,
rather than an eye sore.”
The design team worked from the
inside out to soften the jail’s image.
Since the county wanted to continue
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using direct super vision, where
deputies stationed in dayrooms have
constant contact with inmates, HOK
knew that dayrooms would play a large
role in the tower’s design.
Each floor of the four-story tower is
split into two levels by a mezzanine. A
large dayroom occupies the majority of
each floor, with cells surrounding the dayroom and lining the mezzanine level. Since
jail standards require detention facilities to
provide inmates with a certain amount of
daylight in the cell environment, most jails
feature row upon row of windows in their
exterior façades. Instead of punching win-
dows into the rear wall of each cell to let in
natural light, the design team decided to
use borrowed light instead, which brings
light in from the outside to illuminate the
dayroom and the cells and is compliant
with national standards. A glass wall at the
end of each dayroom serves as an exterior
wall and floods the whole floor with light.
The light continues into the front of each
cell via a large window in the cell door.
“In a direct-super vision environment, inmates spend a majority of their
time in the dayroom, not their cells. Why
not provide the most natural light possible in the dayroom?” Eisenlau says. “It’s
a very different philosophy than locking
someone in their cell all day long and
making them look out the window.”
The omission of exterior cell windows
created new possibilities for the tower’s
exterior. The large dayroom windows on
each floor dominate and open up both
ends of the tower, making it look like an
apartment complex or office building.
“The borrowed light gave us a lot of
creative freedom on the outside of the
building to make the jail look like something other than what it might have
looked like in the 1960s or 1970s,” Eisenlau says, “It helped turn the typology of a
jail upside down.”
The light-filled dayrooms have also
had a positive impact on inmates and
staff. Inmates look forward to spending
time in the dayrooms and staff members
have experienced lowered stress levels
and enjoy being inside the building.
“It gives the jail a ver y nice ambience,” Hughes says. “Some people
might say that inmates don’t deser ve
such a beautiful facility, but deser ving
has nothing to do with it. It’s about staff
members, too, who have to work inside
the housing units with the inmates.”
HOK took the opportunity during the
renovation phase to soften the existing
facility, also known as the Plunkett building, with the use of glass and light. The
firm made a conscious effort to create a
public lobby and staff dining area that
would mitigate stress and increase com-
fort for correctional officers and visitors.
“We wanted to create an environment
in the lobby and staff dining area that was
comfortable, light-filled and would reduce
everybody’s stress level,” Eisenlau says.
“It’s important to get the staff to want to
work in the facility and get the public to
want to come there and stay relaxed.”
The design team knocked down the
walls in the existing lobby, expanded the
foundation and the intake and release
areas and enclosed the whole area in a
glass cube, creating a relaxing and pleasant environment for visitors who are most
likely at the jail for an unfortunate reason.
“Visitors spend a lot of time in the
lobby waiting to go up for visitation or
for someone to be released,” Hughes
says. “They may have to spend an hour
or more in the lobby and we want them
to feel comfortable.”
HOK applied the same design philosophy to the staff dining area. The firm
moved the former dining area, which had
been located in a small, windowless room
by the kitchen, into a newly erected glass
pavilion in the facility’s courtyard area.
Sheriff’s officials have noticed since the
new dining area opened, it has become a
big attraction for people who want to grab
P R O J E C T D ATA
Facility Name: Gwinnett County
Detention Center Addition
Type: Jail
Construction Budget: $71 million
Number of Beds: 440
Area: 321,470 square feet
Start Date: July 2004
Completion Date: September 2006
Project Team
Owner/Operator: Gwinnett County, Ga.
Architect: Hellmuth, Obata +
Kassabaum Inc. of Atlanta
Engineer: ReStl Designers of Atlanta
Construction Manager at Risk:
Turner Construction
General Contractor: Turner Construction
of Atlanta
everybody to suspend their disbelief was
challenging at times.”
New and Improved
It was important to HOK to work with
Gwinnett County to not only expand and
renovate the detention center, but also to
improve existing operations.
“I think we have a responsibility as
architects to question the typology in a
new way,” Eisenlau says. We need to
step back and spend some time thinking
about how to improve the environment
and make it a better place to be.”
In addition to incorporating as much
light into the building as possible, the
design team designed all the glass walls
on the building with a high-performance
glazing that helps reduce the energy
loads on the building. Both the addition
and the renovated areas feature energy
recovery units that help re-temper all of
the air in the facility. A thermoplastic
white roof was also installed on the new
tower and on the Plunkett building to
reduce heat islands and cooling costs.
Finally, the jail’s new laundry facility,
located in the housing addition, features a
state-of-the-art ozone pre-treatment system that ionizes the water and eliminates
the need for hot water to clean linens, uniforms and towels — a system that’s well
known in the hotel industry. The ionization process also cleans the water and
allows the county to recycle it, saving
thousands of gallons every year. I
Visitation rooms were actually double-cell
modules that were converted in the field into
four visitation units per module.
a meal, take a coffee break or just relax
for a little while.
“From day one I have seen people in
the dining area whom I have never seen
before,” Hughes says. “Police officers
who used to drop off their inmates and
leave now come back and visit with us
for a while.”
Now that it’s completed, the jail’s
new look has received positive feedback
from both the community and staff.
However, the design team did not always
have an easy time of breaking away from
the idea of what a jail “should” look like.
“This design concept tried to break a
few boundaries,” Eisenlau says. “Some
people were under the impression that it
was just another jail expansion, but it really
wasn’t. A lot of people said, ‘Glass on a jail?
We’ve never done that before.’ Getting
Why Precast Construction?
The county visited several facilities in neighboring states to help
determine what materials they
wanted to use on the addition. Officials settled on precast modular
cells manufactured by Tindall Corporation, which provided an efficient building system with built-in
structural support.
“The precast units not only act as
the cell module but also provide
structural support for the building,”
says Randy Royal, sales engineer
for Tindall. “You don’t have to add
a redundant structural system.”
The modules acted as building
blocks, allowing the project team
to surround each dayroom with
cells and stack the cells vertically to
create the tower.
Instead of placing the toilet and
sink at the front of the cell, Tindall
located the fixtures the back of the
unit, creating a continuous rearchase behind each cell that holds
all plumbing and duct work. This
service quarter creates a secure
environment for repair personnel,
as they can access piping and
electrical wiring without having to
enter a cell.
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GREEN SCENE
Juvenile Center Built with Sustainable Design, Artwork in Mind
Photos by Matthew Crawford
SAN LEANDRO, Calif. — This spring, Alameda County
juvenile offenders will be housed in a new facility that is
designed to achieve LEED gold certification.
Officials celebrated the opening of the juvenile justice center with a dedication ceremony and reception that included
facility tours and speeches by several stakeholders that were
involved with the project.
The $176 million juvenile justice center includes a 360-bed
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Located in the hills of San Leandro behind the
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Bay Area. However, the facility was designed to also
provide inspiring views with several interior and
exterior art installations.
Under the guidance of the Alameda County Arts
Commission, 24 artists provided artwork for the
facility, including large murals and sculptures, and
framed, wall-mounted art pieces. In addition, artists
will work with youths in the facility to create other
public art installations. The artwork was funded by
a county ordinance that requires artwork to be
incorporated in public buildings.
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attorney, public defender, clerk of the court, sheriff,
health care services, education department, library
and probation staff.
The facility features an 850-kilowatt solar-panel
system that will supply more than 60 percent of the
building’s energy needs. Lighting sensors and
energy monitoring will help the building exceed
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that were established for all residential and nonresidential buildings in the state.
Water-efficient plumbing fixtures and waterless
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41 percent, and native landscaping and irrigation technology were implemented to create more water-use
reductions. Officials estimate 7 million gallons of
water will be saved annually.
During construction, 93 percent of waste was
recycled and diverted from landfill disposal, including 3,000 tons of crushed rock and 600 tons of glass,
aluminum and plastics. Site grading equipment
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reduced carbon dioxide emissions. All sealants,
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ASK THE EXPERT
Incident Eradication
Maynard Discusses Closure, Communications
Few corrections professionals will ever
have the opportunity to orchestrate the closure of a facility that is more than 100
years old while more than 800 inmates
are occupying its cells (Read more on
page 8). Gary Maynard, secretary of the
Maryland Department of Public Safety
and Corrections, did that just five weeks
after taking office.
Maynard, who has more than 30 years
of experience in the correctional industry
and also serves as the president of the
American Correctional Association, spoke
with Correctional News during a phone
interview from Maryland. He answered a
combination of questions from Correctional News and readers who submitted
inquiries for the inaugural installment of
“Ask the Expert,” a new column that will
appear regularly in the magazine.
Q: What was the most difficult aspect
of closure of the House of Correction?
A: I think the logistics of moving the
inmates to different facilities and moving inmates out of state were difficult.
We had to make sure our standards and
the standards of jurisdictions — relative
to property and health screening —
were the same. That was probably the
hardest part, other than keeping the closure secret.
Q: How did you decide what information to release and when to release it?
A: We decided to close the facility on
March 3. Prior to that we were just going
to convert it to minimum security. I have
12 people on my staff, but I only involved
four of them. The other eight staff members didn’t have a need to know, so I didn’t
advise them.
My four staff members and the gov-
Corrections Secretary Gary Maynard speaks during
a press conference at the Maryland House of Correction
ernor knew that if word got out and the
maximum-security inmates found out
that their world was changing, they
could have taken it out on an officer. We
put it in terms of staff safety: If the plan
was revealed, someone could have gotten hurt.
Q: Were there any incidents or
injuries?
A: There were no incidents during
the relocation and transport. We had one
inmate who refused to move, but he was
lifted and carried part of the way to the
other institution. We were just walking
him from the House of Correction to the
Jessup Correctional Institution.
Q: The transfer was the subject of a lot
of media attention. How did you address
the media?
A: We didn’t tell anybody. There was
just a handful of people that knew all
along. The transfer of inmates out of
state was never detected and the media
really never knew anything, or the public and employees at the institutions.
The employees knew something was
going on, but they didn’t associate it with
the House of Correction being closed.
Nobody thought that would be the case.
Q: How did the media eventually
find out?
A: They received a tip. We were holding our breath because of the issue of
staff safety, and if the media found out
there could have been people on the outside who could attempt to hinder the
transfer. Once the media called, we
decided to release the information to
everybody, including staff.
At that point, all of the maximumsecurity inmates were out and all we
had left were 378 minimum-security
inmates. We briefed the employees at
shift briefings and we told them that
they would still have their jobs. We
transferred them to other facilities in
the area. Within a one-mile radius of
the House of Correction, there are four
different prisons.
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By Matthew Crawford
Q: Were there any complaints from
staff?
A: No. We moved them over and told
them they would have an opportunity to
list their priorities after we gave them
their initial assignment. Relocation will
be based on seniority.
Q: Would you do anything differently
if you had to close a facility again?
A: We would probably do our health
screening earlier in the process for
inmates who are transferred out of
state. We didn’t have any concerns
about health screening until the day
before we were going to send the first
busload and they needed different documentation for tuberculosis screening.
We had to go back and create another
set of documents.
We scrambled around to get that done,
but I think if we had to do it again we would
still provide information on a need-to-know
basis. We were pretty fortunate, and if we
made it public I think there is a chance that
someone could have gotten hurt.
“We put it in terms of staff safety:
If the plan was revealed,
someone could have gotten hurt.”
Q: Some people have said the House of
Correction closure is only a temporary fix
for problems within the Maryland prison
system. What are your thoughts?
A: It’s the first step for a number of
things that we need to do, but it solves
the problem of that particular facility. It
held about one-twentieth of the population and accounted for about 10 percent
of all assaults on staff.
We still have other old institutions
that are not as poorly designed as the
House of Correction that we have
plans to replace with other facilities.
We have learned a lot about our system. We need a better centralized
transpor tation system; we need to
upgrade our case-management system; and we need to update our information technology system.
We need more drug treatment programs and prison industries jobs. There
are a lot of things we need to do. This is
just a first step so we don’t have to focus
on that problem and we can focus on
some of the other issues.
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ASK THE EXPERT
Q: Based on your several years of experience in the corrections industry, how
would you rate the Maryland prison system on a one-to-10 scale? A 10 ranking
would be ideal conditions.
A: I hate to put it on a scale. There
are strengths and weaknesses in
ever y system and there is no system
in the countr y that has it all together.
We all struggle, but there is no system
that has been in distress as much has
the Mar yland system has been in distress during the last couple of years.
Two of ficers and three inmates were
killed in the past eight months, and
three officers were stabbed in the past
three months.
There is no other system that has
had that kind of injur y to staf f and
inmates in the United States. During
this process, we have clearly identified
areas that we need to work on and I
feel more confident now that the staff
is in a position to star t working on
those issues.
coming online. We have some replacement housing planned for our jail in
downtown Baltimore and in Hagerstown. Our population has actually
decreased in the last three years, so
we are not in a building crunch.
Q: On a lighter note, there are already
rumors that the House of Correction could
become a movie set.
A: I read that.
Q: Do you have any idea of what will
become of that facility in the future?
A: No, I don’t. When I was a warden at a state penitentiar y in Oklahoma we filmed a movie with Rober t
Mitchum and Wilford Brimley. More
recently, when I was in Iowa a movie
company contacted us to use some of
our prisons, but we didn’t have any
that were vacant and we weren’t able
to accommodate them.
I think that there is a market out
there and a facility, such as the House of
Correction would be a good one.
Q: And, it seems like a good source of
revenue.
A: Absolutely.
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“There is no other system that
has had that kind of injury to
staff and inmates in the United
States. During this process, we
have clearly identified areas
that we need to work on ...”
Q: Do you think building more hard,
fortress-style facilities would have a positive effect on curbing prison violence?
A: I think you need to have adequate space for inmates that are intent
on assaulting staff or inmates, or dangerous inmates that are intent on escaping and harming the public. We are
phasing in a maximum-security facility
at Cumberland, the North Branch Correctional Institution, which allowed us
to successfully close the House of Correction. Once that facility is completely
online, we will have 750 more highsecurity beds.
If you don’t have the capacity, you
need to build it or get it from somewhere
else. If you already have it, I would focus
more on programs and things that keep
offenders from coming back.
Q: What role do maximum-security
facilities play in regard to being a deterrent to recidivism?
A: I don’t know if they play any
part. I think they could be a deterrent
to violent behavior if ever y inmate in
the system knows if you assault an
of ficer you are going to live in a certain place for a period of time. Out on
the streets, I don’t think of fenders
thing that far ahead about where they
would be living if they committed a
crime. I think they are more impulsive
than that.
Q: Do you think there will be more
correctional construction projects in
Maryland in the future?
A: We have a long-range construction plan, which includes some work
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dozen airpor ts selfishly dedicated to just getting
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through as transparently as possible and arriving
the times that I have seen concourse communities
actually engage in unison over anything but a
call for boarding.
The most memorable was the first day planes
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Thomas Friedman scored a three-pointer in a
recent column when he said that except for those
directly involved in the Iraqi War, average Americans
have not been asked to sacrifice anything. Nothing; not
even demanding a “Patriot Tax” to raise money and
lessen our dependence on deadly Mideast oil. For the
majority of Americans, this war has now become an
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Perhaps the height of embarrassment occurred in
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Mobile Investigation
Cell Phone Forensics Can Provide Insight to Crime Behind Bars
By Bill Teel, Teel Technologies, and Alex
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Ever yday, more and more cell
phones are confiscated in correctional
facilities. It’s a recurring problem that
the industry continues to battle, but the
number of devices recovered is increasing significantly. The situation is likely
going to become more pervasive before
it gets any better.
Corrections professionals are in a race
against technology as cell phones become
equipped with more sophisticated features and new mobile communication
technologies present increasing opportunities for inmates to communicate with
the outside community.
The good news is, cell phone detection technologies are emerging and systems are being tested throughout the
United States.
However, finding the phone is only
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investigative purposes
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outfitting facilities with a suite of investigative tools, and training their person-
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However, outsourcing seized phones
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devices varies and in many ways it is still
largely a new concept for many in the
correctional community.
There are a handful of state and private
laboratories that are analyzing phones, but
many are increasing their offerings and
training staff to accommodate demand.
But, even with the best tools, some phones
are difficult to mine for information, no
matter who is working with them.
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Contraband That Gives Back
Correctional officers can mine cell
phones for information that could help
eliminate criminal activity behind bars
and in the public. In addition to records
of whom the inmate spoke with, officials
can track text messages and images.
In the prison environment, seized cell
phones present a unique opportunity to
obtain potentially valuable information
and insight into what is happening within
and outside of the facility.
A relatively new field of digital forensics, cell phone forensics is the practice of
recovering data from mobile devices without altering the device or original data.
Like computer forensics, examiners follow proper evidence-handling procedures
and use software and hardware tools to
extract the information for analysis.
Unlike personal computers, which
generally use one of three operating systems, cell phone operating systems vary
largely by manufacturer and technologies continue to change. This poses a
challenge for investigators, as there is no
one-size-fits-all tool for examining the
majority of phones on the market.
Therefore, cell phone forensic tools have
varying levels of support and examiners
looking to get the most data from the
most phones have to either build a suite
of forensics tools or outsource the work
to a government or private laboratory.
While the idea of building a cell
phone forensic laborator y may seem
intimidating to some, today’s software
and tools for extracting data from
phones is easy to use, extremely secure,
and generally very effective.
With proper training in the use of the
tools and procedures for handling the
devices, prison officials can unlock
important information that they otherwise would have never known.
For corrections officials that are
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BUILDING BRIEFS
Northeast
• Sheriff’s officials in Broome County, N.Y., are asking lawmakers to approve a proposed $7 million
expansion at the county jail. The project would
include construction of a new housing pod, which
would add 60 beds to the jail — expanding its
capacity to 600 inmates. The facility has been housing inmates from other counties, which earned $3 million for the county last year, but the jail is now
running out of space, according to reports.
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• Indiana County, Pa., officials are reviewing financing options for a planned $26 million county jail. The
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Scheduled for completion in August
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$22 million expansion at the county jail in Worcester
County, Md., The project will add 162 new beds to
the jail and upgrade the kitchen and medical facilities. The jail has been struggling with overcrowding
for the last year, often exceeding its 300-bed capacity. Officials have secured $14.9 million of the $22
million needed for the expansion and are waiting for
full funding from the state, according to reports. The
project is part of a proposed $388.6 million, 10-year
capital improvement plan for the county.
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• Officials in Webster County, Ky., selected CMW
Inc. of Lexington to provide design services for a $3.2
million expansion at the county detention center. The
expansion will add 84 beds to the existing 36-bed
facility, which often holds as many as 48 inmates.
Officials hope the expansion will make more space to
house state inmates, which could generate an extra
$300,000 a year for the county.
• A jail committee for Page, Rappahannock,
Shenandoah and Warren counties in Virginia selected
a site for a planned $55 million regional jail. The site
is in an industrial park in Warren County. The location
is not finalized, as the committee is still considering
alternative sites in Page, Shenandoah and Warren
counties. The jail will be designed to hold 442
inmates. Moseley Architects is the architect of record.
from devices, and it is not uncommon for criminals to use several SIM cards to make calls and
elude investigators. When searching for phones
in correctional facilities it is always good practice
to search for additional SIM cards for analysis.
Nextel phones do not operate on the GSM network, but they do contain SIM cards with potentially relevant data.
Pre-Paid Phones
While pre-paid phone services, such as Tracfone
and Boost, are often difficult to trace back to an owner,
and subsequently are used regularly by terrorists and
criminals, data can be obtained from the phones.
Tracfone operates on either a CDMA network —
major operators in the United States include Verizon, Sprint and U.S. Cellular — or a GSM network.
This means that in many of the phones there are
SIM cards that can be analyzed, along with other
data saved on the phone. Boost Phones operate on
the Nextel network and always have SIM cards that
can be analyzed.
Stay Tuned
Stopping cell phone use in prisons is a dynamic
challenge for prison officials and the problem is not
going to completely stop with the introduction of
detection systems.
As phones become more prolific, so do the
means of transmitting information over the air.
Today, cellular communication (CDMA, GSM,
iDEN) and WiFi are the popular long-range wireless
communication standards. Tomorrow, there will be
more signals passing through prisons and new technologies to enable communications, such as 3G and
WiMax.
Crafty hackers and criminals are finding ways to
extend existing short-range wireless communication systems to communicate covertly long-range.
Only a proactive approach will help maintain safety
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BUILDING BRIEFS
• The Baker Correctional Development Corporation in Baker County,
Fla., hired Clemons, Rutherford and
Associates of Tallahassee to design
and oversee construction of a new
500-bed jail. The facility will include
inmate housing pods, administration
offices, booking, kitchen and other
support buildings, an emergency management center, and a fleet maintenance facility. County commissioners
have authorized the project to cost up
to $45 million. The Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement Services are considering housing illegal
immigrants in the facility once it’s completed, which will help offset the cost
of construction.
the county’s general fund. The county is
also looking at ways to reduce the jail
population, including an increase in the
number of work-release programs. Committee members are also considering
internal renovations to the jail that
would improve efficiency, while also
reducing the cost to the county. Renovations would include adding a second
booking window, converting some cells
to isolation rooms and adding a second
video arraignment room to reduce trans-
port time to the courts.
• La Crosse County, Wis., will need
more than 100 new jail beds by 2010
in order to accommodate inmate population projections, according to a
county jail consultant. The inmate population is expected to continue to
grow and as many as 343 more beds
may be needed by 2030. County officials are planning an addition to the
men’s jail, which opened in 1997,
and hired The Carey Group to conduct
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• The county jail in Scott County,
Miss., could lose its state inmate work
program if officials do not make
progress toward building a new jail
in the next nine months, according to
reports. Officials received a federal
court order requiring the county to
acquire land for the new jail, finalize
an architectural design that has been
approved by the sheriff and be prepared to receive bids for the project
by Jan. 1, 2008. If the county does
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• Plans for a new 192-bed jail in
Stephens County, Ga., are nearly complete. Clemons, Rutherford and Associates, in conjunction with Peter Brown
Consulting, is designing the $11.4 million facility. County officials anticipate
general contractor bids could be
opened by the end of March, with a
guaranteed maximum price set by
early April.
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• A jail committee in Livingston
County, Mich., is looking at financing
options for a $4.5 million expansion at
the county jail. The project would
include construction of a housing pod
that would hold between 96 and 170
beds. Officials estimate the project
could cost as much a $5.5 million and
are considering either using a millage
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a needs assessment. Inmates in some housing pods
have had to sleep on the floor when the jail exceeds
its capacity of 172 beds. The firm also recommends
space for female inmates and mental health programs. It plans to release its final report in May.
• The board of supervisors in Lee County, Iowa,
approved a $6,500 contract with architectural firm
Moore and Associates of Omaha, Neb., to start preliminary work on a proposed 15,500-square-foot
addition to the county jail. The firm will be responsible for cost estimates, drawings and other project
data the board can use to draft a bond referendum
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and officials have been housing inmates in other
counties at a cost of $200,000 a year, according to
reports. County officials are also looking at the possibility of an expansion.
• Bandera County, Texas, officials are reviewing
requests for qualifications from contractors to oversee construction of a new 54,000-square-foot jail
and justice center. The four respondents include:
Sedalco Construction Services of Fort Worth and
Peco Construction Co. Ltd., W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Company and Satterfield & Pontikes Construction Inc., all of San Antonio. The facility will
include a 96-bed jail, a sheriff’s department, adult
probation services, a courtroom and an emergency
operations center. The center will also include a
multi-purpose room, which will serve as a classroom, training room or briefing room. DRG Architects is serving as project architect. Officials expect
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for the expansion. If voters approve the bond referendum, Moore and Associates will be retained as project architect.
• Work is scheduled to begin this summer on a
new $10 million jail and health and human services
center in Renville County, Minn. The project will
include construction of a 27,601-square-foot jail
and county law enforcement facility and a 21,091square-foot health and human services building. The
two facilities will be added to the county’s central
office building located along U.S. Highway 212.
The jail will hold 32 cells and the health and human
services facility will hold 57 offices and provide space for the county health department
and University of Minnesota extension services. Construction on the health center is
scheduled for completion within 12 months,
while work on the jail is expected to take 16
months. Contegrity Group Inc. of Little Falls,
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• Sheriff’s officials in Benton County, Ark.,
are looking for alternatives to a jail expansion, including construction of a $2 million
inmate housing facility located west of the
existing jail. The facility is struggling with
overcrowding, reaching its 450-inmate capacity on a daily basis. The concrete housing
facility would be between 130 and 170
square feet and could hold up to 150 inmates.
The sheriff’s department would most likely
house female inmates there. The growing number of female inmates is contributing to
crowded conditions at the jail, according to
reports. Sheriff’s officials would rather construct the housing building instead of a new
pod at the jail, which could cost the county as
much as $16 million.
• SouthBuild, a Memphis-based construction
company, was hired to perform a jail study for
Clark County, Ark. After the study is completed, the firm will be able to give the county
the final cost of a new, 150-bed facility, which
they estimate will cost between $5 million and
$8 million. The existing jail is overcrowded,
• Commissioners in Travis County, Texas,
approved a $65.7 million plan to expand the jail
complex in Del Valle. Faulkner USA will provide
design and construction services for the project,
which will replace several old buildings with one
large structure. The renovation will leave the jail
system with fewer beds — a drop from 3,056 to
2,924 — in order to comply with state jail standards. The facility has relied on temporary means
in the past to house extra prisoners, including double bunking, which the state jail committee has
mandated must stop. Construction on the project is
scheduled to begin in March, with an
expected completion date of late 2008.
• Construction has started on a new
$95 million jail in Lubbock County,
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2008, the new facility will house 1,500
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• Officials in Clallam County, Wash.,
expect construction could begin in April
on an expansion at the county jail. Bids
on the $3.3 million first phase
were scheduled
for March, and
construction is
scheduled for
completion in
December. The
expansion will
add 24 beds to the
existing 96-bed
facility, which has
often been over
capacity during the
last few years.
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SECURITY DOOR LOCK
Kaba Access Control introduces
the E-Plex 5806 entry/exit series to
its line of electronic access controls.
It is a mortise lock that offers combination access control for both the
interior and exterior sides of the
door for areas where access needs
to be controlled when entering and
leaving a secure area.
The tray is ideal for high-risk areas
where items need to be exchanged. All
models have a curved interior for easy
object removal. Units have a stainless
steel brushed finish and are shipped
assembled.
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tors on bronze roller bearings.
When locked, the levers of the Survivor disengage from the retractor and
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DOOR HANDLE, LOCK
Marks USA introduces the Survivor
Set, a decorative cylindrical lever lockset
that features a clutch mechanism to
reduce wear and abuse. The cylindrical
lock chassis is constructed of cast retrac-
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Each side of the lock has 100
access code possibilities and a
3,000-event audit trail that records
key override usage. It can be programmed at the lock keypad or with
Microsoft Excel-based software, and
installed on both wood and metal
doors using the supplied mounting
plates. The lock is available in a
number of finishes, including standard satin chrome and black, bright
brass, satin brass, bright chrome
and dark bronze PVD.
Contact Kaba Access Control
SAFETY DAYLIGHTING PANELS
Major Industries manufactures the
Guardian 275 translucent daylighting
panels that have the ability to flex with
the force of an explosion. They have
been field-tested using machine-generated shock waves that replicated actual
blast conditions. The results caused no flying debris and did not endanger building
occupants.
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The panels offer glare-free natural light
and are weather resistant. They meet
anti-terrorism performance requirements
specified by the Department of Defense,
UFC 4-010-01.
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SLIDING DEAL TRAY
Shure Manufacturing Corporation
designs the Shuresafe Model #670094
sliding tray that features a stationary base
with a sliding steel tray. When installed in
a countertop with a solid wall below and a
glass security window above it, the tray
works as a pass-through system.
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other interior mechanisms of the lock. The
levers swing without resistance, reducing
the amount of wear and protecting the
lever from drooping.
The lockset is available in 2-3/8 inch
and 2-3/4 inch backset, has a 3-hour fire
rating and a lifetime mechanical warranty. It is also available as a knob set,
and meets ANSI specification: ANSIA156.13.
Contact Marks USA
HVAC ADHESIVES GUIDE
Pres-On has published a free guide
detailing its line of adhesive-coated tapes
and gaskets for the HVAC industry. The
company says its adhesive systems securely
bond metal to metal, seal joints and seams,
dampen vibration and noise, and provide
ware drivers for the tower are available
for Mac OS X, Windows, Solaris and
FreeBSD. The tower fits on most desktops
and supports 15 standard 3-1/2-inch
SATA I or SATA II hot swappable disks. It
has an access speed of 200MBs and
users can buy disk drives of their choice.
Contact Coraid Inc.
SHARPS CONTAINERS
EPS Inc. has expanded its product line
to include a variety of disposable medical
containers made of autoclavable
polypropylene. The containers are puncture-resistant and available in three styles:
for phlebotomy trays and carts; in-room
usage; and general transportable needs.
All are constructed to allow for disposal of
sharp products without allowing access to
the containers’ contents. They can be
are required as the system is powered
through the USB connection to the source
and destination devices.
Contact Intelix LLC
GLOW-IN-THE-DARK STAIR TREAD
Glow-in-the-Dark Message Tread,
made by Sure-Foot Industries, can be
used to indicate floor levels or warnings,
and as a guide to assist people out of a
building in an emergency. A message can
be written on the tread and encapsulated
in the two-inch glow section of the tread to
ensure that it won’t wear off.
The tread is made with an aluminum
base and coated with an anti-slip epoxy
filler that will not trap dirt and oils. It is
chemical resistant and UV-safe, and
comes predrilled and ready to use. The
product can be anchored to cement, steel
or wood surfaces and provides more than
20 hours of photoluminescent light. Available in 3/4-inch to 11 inches in width,
and in lengths up to 12 feet, the tread is
OSHA and ADA compliant.
Contact Sure-Foot Industries Corp.
AUTOMATIC DOOR PUSH PLATE
used throughout a medical facility or in
the field with EMS personnel.
Contact EPS Inc.
BEA Inc. manufactures the Panther
Series push plates for automatic doors.
The wireless unit provides activation of
swinging, bi-fold, low-energy and
rolling industrial doors. It can be
installed on any flat surface using a
plate-mounting kit or a standard two- or
four-bolt gang box.
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insulation for the most demanding HVAC
mounting and gasketing tasks, including on
irregular and hard-to-stick surfaces. The
guide highlights the company’s curb tapes,
pipe wrap tapes, air filter gaskets, flange
gaskets, high-bond tape, damper gasket
systems and non-skid adhesive tape.
Contact Pres-On
NETWORK STORAGE TOWER
Coraid Inc. introduces the SR1215T
EtherDrive storage appliance that provides 11.25TB of shared storage on a network. It is based on the ATA over Ethernet
protocol so that it does not rely on network layers above Ethernet, such as IP or
TCP, and is not routable over LANs.
AoE is a block-level storage protocol
that is native in the Linux 2.6 kernel. Soft-
Intelix LLC has released the DIGI-USB-F
balun kit, which extends a USB 1.1 or 2.0
signal up to 330 feet over standard structure pair cabling, such as Cat 5 or Cat 6.
The kit allows remote devices to connect up to 330 feet via Cat 5 cabling at a
standard speed USB 1.1 and 2.0 (1.5
Mbps) and up to 100 feet at full-speed
USB 1.1 and 2.0 (12 Mbps). It includes a
send balun that features a type B USB connector, and a receive balun featuring a
type A USB connector, and a five-foot
USB cable. No external power supplies
All plates are stainless steel and are
offered with “Push to Open” text, handicap logo, or both. The all-active plate
design triggers the door to open no
matter what part of the plate is pushed,
and is waterproof and tamper resistant. It is available in 4.75-inch and 6inch round models and a 4.75-inch
square model, and each unit comes
fully assembled.
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ROOF MOUNTING SUPPORTS
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Thybar Corporation manufactures
high load-bearing equipment mounting
supports for roof installations of heating, ventilation and air conditioning
units. The supports achieve their
strength by using a series of internal
bulkheads welded into position at specific intervals along the length of the
rails. Standard construction includes: an
18-gauge galvanized steel shell, base
plate and counter-flashing; factoryinstalled wood nailer; fully mitered end
sections on two of three models; and
internal bulkhead reinforcement.
Optional features include: additional
height; heavier-gauge metal; construction to fit roof pitches; wood nailers up to
2 inches x 12 inches; pressure-treated
wood nailers; and overhanging wood
nailers. Supports for special applications
include roller supports complete with
painted roller, and 18-inch threaded
rods, nuts and spring nuts. The support
has a continuous wood nailer covered
by removable counter-flashing.
Contact Thybar Corp.
S-SHAPED DECKING PANELS
Curveline Inc. says its “crimp-curving”
process can curve structural roof deck
panels into S-curves, sine waves and
other multiple-radius concave/convex
shapes. The crimping process allows the
manufacturer to create S-shaped panels
up to 26 feet long when using 20-gauge
or 22-gauge nestable decking, or up to
20 feet long with 18-gauge decking. The
process does not require stretch forming
or added structural support. Customers
can buy standard or acoustical nestable
B-deck panels in 22-gauge to 18-gauge
steel and have them forwarded to the
company for custom curving.
Contact Curveline Inc.
TOWER CORROSION CONTROL
Cortec Corporation introduces S-14
Bio, an additive that combats scale and
corrosion in cooling towers or closedand open-loop recirculating cooling systems. It combines a scale inhibitor with
corrosion protection across a span of
metals, including carbon steel, galvanized steel, aluminum, copper and other
non-ferrous metals. The non-toxic,
biodegradable additive is formulated for
low-molecular-weight natural polymer
components, GRAS substances and
food-approved preservatives. It is available in 5-gallon containers, 55-gallon
metal drums, 275-gallon liquid totes and
in bulk.
Contact Cortec Corporation
FIRE ALARM CONTROL PANELS
Silent Knight, a provider of fire alarm
solutions, manufactures the Farenhyt IFP
series of fire alarm panels and accessories
with enhanced features for small to midsized institutions and commercial sites.
The product line now supports synchronization of System Sensor A/V appliances,
features a USB port to increase compatibility with laptops, and conforms to the new
UL standards. In addition, all of the products now upload and download five times
faster than their previous speed due to data
compression software upgrades.
The IFP-50 works well for smaller sites
while medium and large applications can
use the IFP-100/IFP-1000. The series also
includes the IFP-Net fire system manager,
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a PC-based system that monitors the company’s fire control panels.
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GREASE INTERCEPTORS
Schier Products Company introduces
two product lines of engineered thermoplastic grease traps. The Trapper II series
features a wet inlet and can handle 10 to
100 gallons per minute. The Great Basin
series has a dry inlet, a 33-inch narrow
footprint, and can handle up to 500 gallons per minute.
venting Moisture and
Mold Problems: Design
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It provides
infor mation
on constructing moisture
and moldfree build-
ings, featuring diagnostic evaluations,
solutions for mold and moisture in buildings, remedial design of both building
envelope and HVAC problems, plus
remediation and reconstruction services.
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CORDLESS DRILL AND WRENCH
The Hilti SID 144-A impact driver and
SIW 144-A impact wrench are cordless
and compact tools used for access into
tight and
hard-toreach areas.
They are
equipped
with lithium-ion batteries that indicate
to the user how
much longer the
battery will continue
to operate before it
needs to be
recharged.
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Both series have built-in flow control,
three outlet options, and low maintenance
cost. Both are heavy-duty polyethylene,
can be installed above or below grade
and provide larger grease storage.
Contact Schier Products
SAFETY AIR GUN
Guardair Corp. introduces the LazerTM
600 series of safety air guns, which feature
a comfort-grip design. The curved, overmolded actuating lever with non-slip surface
disperses force, reducing pressure points on
the hand, and leads to less fatigue and
greater comfort for the operator.
It fits into any size hand and has an
integrated hanging hook, allowing for
storage and retrieval. The gun is
designed for all types of industrial cleaning applications.
Contact Guardair Corp.
MOBILE GENERATOR
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Triton Power introduces the 29 kW
John Deere rental-grade mobile generator set with trailer. The generator can
function as a full-blown construction site
power provider or act as a backup
power source for a facility. It is soundattenuated to operate at 68 dB and can
be switched from three-phase to singlephase using a voltage changeover
switch. Advantages to its mobility
include the ability to shift among several sites without the drawbacks or
expense of permanent installation.
Contact Triton Power
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MOISTURE AND MOLD MANUAL
Liberty Building Diagnostics Group, a
firm of forensic engineers and architects
specializing in moisture and mold-building forensics, distribute the manual “Pre-
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The driver has a torque rating of up to
1,240 inch-pounds and is good for fastening in interior finishing, HVAC duct
and electrical applications. The wrench
features a torque rating of 1,370 inchpounds and supplies reliable power
when tightening bolts and couplers.
Both tools are equipped with drop-resistant casings and a triple LED system that
is built into the nose of the tool to illuminate dark areas.
Contact Hilti Inc.
UV LIGHT SYSTEM
Triatomic Environmental Inc. manufactures
the Fresh-Aire UV Commercial Series germicidal UV light system for improving indoor air
quality. The system saves energy and reduces
maintenance by controlling growth on cooling coils. Its power supply uses a high frequency electronic ballast design and can
accept voltages from 120-277 VAC. Its
power supply is water resistant and can be
mounted directly in the air handler for smaller
areas of installation.
The system can be applied to commer-
cial air systems
up to 200 tons.
It has a mounting option that
can be adjusted
from 36 inches
wide to 144
inches wide. The
control panel
can control lamp
life operation
and monitoring,
emergency stop
switches, door
interlocks and operational output features.
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FABRIC DUCTING
FabricAir has introduced the Combi line
of fabric ducting, made of extra-durable
woven polyester, and offered in four variations. Three of the new line’s variants feature fire-retardant capabilities that meet the
flammability requirements of UL NFPA 90a1993, and an independent Swiss textile
testing laboratory has certified the line to be
free of any harmful substances that could be
dispersed into the air. Two of the line’s variants are treated with an antimicrobial agent
that prevents microbes from breeding and
eliminates those already present in the air
stream. The product’s woven polyester fabric comes with a 10-year guarantee.
Contact FabricAir
FIRE-RATED WIRING SYSTEM
If they’re building it, we’ll know about it.
Will you?
Thomas & Betts’ Steel City fire-rated
poke-through system provides functional
floor-level power and communications in
commercial buildings for wiring configurations. It is available in three- and four-inch
core drill sizes and offers an organized system for telephone jacks, AC adaptors and
other outlet needs. It enables the user to
modify and upgrade the system without
exposure to power compartments.
The system is available in solid brass
and aluminum finishes as well as four
powder-coat finishes of black, grey, beige
and brown. It can be used for power and
communications wiring in a single access
point to feed modular furniture, and for
flush power and communications.
Contact Thomas & Betts Corporation
SAFETY GLASSES
Wizard Industries introduces Versa
Specs, ANSI compliant wraparound
safety glasses with built-in bifocal reading segments. They feature an assortment
of interchangeable polycarbonate lenses
with integrated side shields. The lenses
provide 99.9 percent UV protection up to
280 nm, and are scratch resistant.
The lenses are available in clear, yellow,
grey and bifocals. They are offered in
diopter strengths of +1.0, +1.5, +2.0, +2.5,
and +3.0. Both length and angle of the ear
stems are adjustable for a customized fit.
Contact ShopSpecs
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Elkhart County Sheriff's Department is accepting applications/resumes for
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filled by June 1, 2007. Construction of a $90M new correctional facility is
being completed.
This position will supervise the day-to-day operations and
security of the facility and serve as Corrections Commander in his/her absence. Salary is
negotiable. Requirements include bachelor's
degree, preferably in corrections; 5 years
experience working in a corrections facility with
supervisory/management or related experience; ILEA
certification or state approved corrections officer
course; must maintain appropriate certifications; background check, polygraph and pre-employment drug test required; valid driver's license.
Elkhart County (pop. 190,000) is located in northern Indiana, 2 hours east of
Chicago and 3 hours north of Indianapolis.
Carol L Caviness, C.E.B.S.
Assistant Director of Personnel
Elkhart County Government
Ph #574-535-6726 FAX #574-535-6750
US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED
Position: Chief, Architectural & Engineering Services
Position No.: 00438
General Public
Location: Central Administration – Architectural & Engineering Services, Richmond VA
Salary: $67,218 - $104,943 Annually (Starting Salary)
Closing: Open Until Filled
Duties:
To direct and oversee the planning, design, construction, and budget for all capital projects which range up to
$80,000,000 in value. The position directs professional staff, which includes architects, engineers, project managers,
construction professionals and support staff, and coordinates services of consultants. Manages the Department’s
compliance with construction related policies, procedures, practices, regulations, and laws.
Qualifications:
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a degree in architecture, engineering, or a related field with
advanced coursework in quantitative methods, design, and construction management preferred. Licensure or professional
registration as an architect or engineer preferred. Comprehensive and working knowledge of management and supervisory techniques; architectural and engineering practices and related environmental issues; construction related financial
and business practices. Extensive working knowledge of project management, design, engineering, construction,
scheduling, and cost estimation. Possess effective oral and written communication skills. Working knowledge of the
Virginia Capital Outlay process and the Construction and Professional Services manual. Extensive negotiation skills.
Additional Information:
Submit a completed state application to the Human Resource office in Richmond, Virginia to be considered for this
vacancy.
Submit State Application to:
Virginia Department of Corrections
Human Resources
P.O. Box 26963
Richmond, VA 2361
(804) 674-3507
Fax Number: (804) 674-3584
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