Including the word “rehabilitation” in its name was important to the Hawaii Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR), communicating how the state views its relationship toward inmates in custody.
Assembling the right team at the right time may sound like a plot point in an Avengers movie, but teamwork is exactly the way the recently completed Kern County Justice Facility came to fruition.
Discussions to replace the outdated Graham County jail started approximately 16 years ago, but being situated in a small, rural community meant it was difficult to get the finances to maintain and operate the facility, let alone build a new one.
Last April, Oklahoma’s Tulsa County Jail opened a 42,750-square-foot expansion that dedicates significantly more space to inmates with mental health issues.
The new 384-bed Fairfield County Public Safety and Jail Facility in Lancaster, Ohio, has no razor-wire fences around it — atypical for a correctional facility of this type and size.
Los Angeles County’s Campus Kilpatrick opened its doors to juvenile inmates in July 2017, providing a school campus–like atmosphere intended to have a positive impact on juveniles and society at large.
The 192-bed housing complex addition at the Central Utah Correctional Facility in Gunnison, Utah, is just the beginning of a major transformation to the state’s prison system.
The new Crawford County Justice Center sets the standard for well-built, efficient facilities in the Southeast.
