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.
It is critical to communicate early and often with employees about safety and ongoing planning
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DOC says it’s the only female facility in the country that houses medium level offenders and higher that doesn’t have a fence
The Wabash Valley Correctional Facility in Carlisle is switching over to solar power and other green upgrades
Adding two new cell blocks would make the El Dorado Correctional Facility the largest prison in Kansas. With state prisons operating near capacity, the Kansas Department of Corrections has completed plans to build two cell blocks at the El Dorado Correctional Facility. The 512 new beds would make El Dorado, which opened in 1991, the state’s largest prison
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Plan is to build a 3,300-square foot evidence storage room, a 19-foot by 34-foot evidence lab and a 19-foot by 40-foot computer backup storage room
Today, Perry County Correctional houses just 30 inmates, all of them federal
Such jail education programs can help ex-prisoners stay out of jail and find jobs, according to a recent study by the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit research group
Thanks in part to an influx of inmates, Butler County is expecting at least $700,000 in extra revenue from housing out-of-county prisoners for 2013
Sheriffs from five counties have worked out an agreement to house Oxford County prisoners in nearby facilities to prevent traveling to and from jails as far away as Wiscasset
The creation of a holding cell is the first of a two-step system the county hopes to put in place to save costs and reduce the prison population
A Minnesota House panel visited the prison during a statewide tour of sites for potential construction projects that could be funded by the Legislature in 2014
City is paying to incarcerate female inmates at other jails because it can’t afford to open the new addition to its own jail
“It’s something that we get a request for fairly often that they want to experience their spirituality”
Department of Corrections wants the Legislature to appropriate $59 million to open nine shuttered facilities next year from Miami to the Panhandle
The departure of psychiatrists who were fired or quit has left the unit seriously understaffed, with doctors handling twice their case loads of the previous year
Overtime pay jumped 34 percent last year as the state grappled with its overcrowded penal system and a decision to close some facilities
The jail houses around 500 people, about half of them Native American, and many have asked the sheriff to build a sweat lodge
The problem is that some inmates toss the wrappers containing ingredients and the trash bags used in making the dish into the toilet
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Convicts hold keys to their rooms and there are no armed officers or fences
CO’s say inside the walls, prisoners rule
Everyone involved agrees a new jail is needed, but where will it go?
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A local veterans group will maintain the building
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