Los Angeles-based Tutor Perini Corp., and East Coast-based O&G Industries Inc., have formed a joint venture and, in collaboration with the American architecture firm HOK, have been selected as the apparent proposer for the Manhattan Jail Facility design-build project.
In November 2024, the Stearns County Board in Minnesota approved a $325 million construction budget for a new jail, courtrooms, sheriff and county attorney’s offices.
Six counties in Iowa — Fremont, Ringgold, Wayne, Allamakee, Black Hawk and Warren — have been recognized as having top-performing jails in the state after a rigorous annual assessment took place this year.
In January 2024, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed Executive Order 303, an initiative establishing a whole-of-government approach to improving reentry for formerly incarcerated individuals.
In December 2018, the First Step Act was signed into law as a bipartisan effort to improve criminal justice outcomes, reduce recidivism and decrease the federal prison population.
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.
The Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail (ACRJ) board of directors recently approved a $49 million renovation for ACRJ, a correctional facility that hasn’t seen many upgrades since its initial construction in 1975.
Following three major studies on the Lake County Jail that highlighted the need for new construction, county leaders broke ground Nov. 22 on a new Sherriff’s Office in Painesville, showcasing the county’s ongoing commitment to safety and security.
On Oct. 22, Nevada’s Washoe County Detention Facility (WCDF) — in collaboration with Alabama based NaphCare Inc. — was honored with the prestigious Pinnacle Award by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC), the top distinction in correctional health care.
Whitley County celebrated the grand opening of its new 58,320-square-foot sheriff’s office and detention center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Oct. 29.
