CCA Begins Work with New Prototype
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Corrections Corp. of America recently started construction of the Red Rock Correctional Center, a new 1,596-bed, medium-security correctional facility in Arizona, the first to use the company’s new design prototype.
The new facility will be owned and managed by CCA and is expected to cost approximately $75 million. The project is currently slated for completion during the first quarter of 2006.
Red Rock Correctional Center is the first facility to feature the company's new facility design prototype, which has been under development since 2003. In addition to the new design, the facility will employ state-of-the art technology, including the company's new IMS2 inmate management system, currently being deployed in facilities across the country.
The facility will be located on CCA-owned land adjacent to the company's Eloy Detention Center, a 1,500-bed facility housing inmates for the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. CCA has operated the Eloy facility since 1995.
CCA management has indicated that capacity at the new facility is intended primarily for existing inmates, including approximately 750 prisoners from the state of Alaska that are currently being held at the company's Florence Correctional Center, as well as inmates from other jurisdictions that are being held at various other company facilities.
The company expects that the capacity being made available at the Florence facility as a result of relocating Alaskan inmates will be offered to federal customers currently occupying both the Florence and Central Arizona facilities including the U.S. Marshals Service and the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The Red Rock Correctional Center is the latest in a series of capital projects undertaken by CCA to meet increasing demand. During 2004, the Company undertook expansion projects at six facilities that will result in the addition of approximately 1,650 beds.
In addition, the company expects to complete the construction of its Stewart County, Georgia facility in early 2005, which will add an additional 1,500 beds to the company's capacity.
