Facility Design and Operation
Facility Design and Operation are fundamental to correctional facilities’ safety, efficiency, and effectiveness. This directory provides articles and resources on best practices in facility layout, construction, and daily operations. Proper design and operation not only enhance security but also improve the working environment for staff and living conditions for inmates. For more on maintaining optimal facility standards, explore our section on Correctional Facility Maintenance.
The current prisons are past their useful lifespans and are unsafe for prisoners and staff, says ADOC Commissioner Jeff Dunn
The inspection report further verifies the inability of the jail trust to safely and appropriately operate the facility, said the D.A.
Our liability does not end when the inmate walks out of our jail and the steel gate closes behind him or her
Alexander Schauss’s pink theory was intended to diminish aggressive behavior
After more than a year of work, the National Park Service on Wednesday pulled the tarps off upgrades at Alcatraz, showing off $3 million in improvements
Legislation approved last month authorizes Ohio to put North Central Correctional Institution in Marion up for sale on the condition it’s still run as a prison
July 7 is the deadline to submit bids to turn the prison in the Adirondack foothills into a new enterprise
High levels of carbon dioxide were located in its medical office
Today the site is still a pile of steel and concrete — fenced and guarded — with construction costs of $151 million
Status of the nation’s first privately-owned state prison has been argued before the Ohio Supreme Court in a lawsuit on behalf of union workers displaced by the sale
Tamms prison in southern Illinois remains closed after former Gov. Pat Quinn shut it and dozens of other state facilities to slash the budget
The prison was destroyed in a fire in January, the cause of which is still unknown
State officials have agreed to pay $7 million of the $131 million cost of a much delayed new maximum-security facility in Fort Madison
A new prison could cost anywhere from $15 million to $36 million
Jailer Jim Daley says he hopes to have a substance abuse program operating when the space opens
Want to change their primary focus away from what caused delays in completing the state penitentiary and toward the facility’s approaching opening date
Commissioner chairman will recommend purchasing the former Knight-Celotex plant for development of new prison
New kitchen will be built in a new building attached to the currently standing facility
Electronic door locking systems for the state’s largest prison have begun to fail after 28 years of use
Other issues included a problem with the geothermal system, a smoke evacuation problem and a leaking roof
The 10-year-old roof on the Wayne County Jail began leaking less than a year after the jail opened
“Long-term technology” upgrade that would allow officers to better monitor prisoners
Deputy Corrections Director said funding for the project was approved by the Iowa legislature so the cost should not be a surprise
Michigan to reopen Hiawatha Correctional Facility amid security upgrades in prison system
Nearby Kansas City businesses are cheering, not jeering, the state of Missouri’s announcement that it will create a minimum-security prison in the West Bottoms this fall
Projected prison populations have not come to pass, leaving the 774-bed, medium-security facility empty
The prison, originally believed to cost $38 million, is now estimated at roughly $58 million according to contractors
Water supplies to the State Correctional Institution at Albion have been cut off since a leak was discovered Sunday in a valve on the prison’s water tower
The jail in Floyd County has less than 30 days to fix door locks and fire alarm systems or else face a possible shut down of the prison
Crime and statewide criminal arrests are down and prison admissions also have dropped, including pretrial jail admissions
Official: “This is absolutely unacceptable and insane that we’re continuing to have new issues”
A contract inked more than a decade ago with the Carlisle businessman who submitted the winning bid on the now-closed state prison at Hempfield could drive the cost of shuttering the prison to more than $10 million
Problems include a crumbling kitchen floor that cannot be cleaned to prevent insect and rodent infestations as well as non-functioning elevators and summer cooling problems
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