Associated Press
PASCAGOULA, MISS. — The new Jackson County jail, set to open Oct. 1, has a master control room that will oversee control rooms, self-contained cells with individual locks and new ways to keep inmates contained and in place.
The Sun Herald reports the new jail is 104,000 square feet. It’s a labyrinth of cell groupings that cluster around control rooms, which in turn form pods with the master control room over all the pods.
There are a few traditional visitor rooms with glass partitions. But the plan is to have inmates schedule video chats with family members who can either come to the visiting room and log in or visit from a laptop at home.
The metal exterior forms a skin over a steel-girder-and-cement-block interior. It’s a $27.6 million project, years in the making.