Lafayette County to Replace 124-Year-Old Jail

PITTSBURGH — Lafayette County commissioners recently approved a $31 million jail facility in Pittsburgh. The 480-bed structure will replace the current 124-year-old Uniontown Jail, address overcrowding issues and bring the county to full correctional facility standards compliance.

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Planning for New Jail Now Underway

HOT SPRINGS, S.D. — A new Fall River County Jail is in the planning stages. Members of the Fall River County Planning Committee — made up of a quorum of county commissioners — met on March 7 to discuss a wide range of topics, including how the committee would function, staffing of the potential facility, and how the hillside behind the proposed structure might be affected.

 
County Auditor Sue Ganje told the committee that the county had $600, 000 in its building fund and a total of $1,195,814 in its jail fund.

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Mich. County Renews Prison Contracts at Higher Cost






FBOP Completes Green Upgrades


WASHINGTON — The Federal Bureau of Prisons is continuing its ongoing sustainability drive with the completion of energy efficiency, renewable power and water conservation projects that could save more than $2 million annually at two federal prison sites on the Eastern Seaboard.
 
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Wind Power

New Brunswick — Dorchester Penitentiary, a 466-inmate, medium-security facility in New Brunswick, Canada, is home to the first large-scale wind turbine erected by the Correctional Service of Canada and the largest installation on Canadian government property.

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Fuel Cell, Solar Panels Save Energy at Santa Rita

DUBLIN, CALIF. — A new fuel cell power plant, coupled with an extensive solar panel system, is capable of providing up to 80 percent of electricity needed at the Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County.

The power plant, which was dedicated in August and started producing energy last May, is the first megawatt-class fuel cell cogeneration plant in California and the second plant of its kind in the United States. It is located on-site behind the jail’s kitchen and also provides for the facility’s hot-water needs.

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