Correctional facilities, once designed purely for containment and security, have been undergoing a significant transformation. Historically, carceral environments were stark, institutional spaces that often intensified the trauma stress, and mental health challenges faced by inmates.
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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.
The Hawai‘i Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR) has appointed Sanna Muñoz as deputy director of the Rehabilitation Services and Programs Division.
Mike Braun, governor-elect of Indiana, has appointed Lloyd Arnold as the commissioner of the state’s Department of Corrections.
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After a nine-year role as administrator for the Employment Standards Division at Montana’s Department of Labor and Industry (DLI), Eric Strauss has entered a new position at the Montana Department of Corrections as deputy director.
When the new Pueblo County Jail opens in early 2026, it will meet nearly all of the county’s correctional needs under one secure and sustainable roof. The nearly 167,000-square-foot facility, estimated at $145.8 million, will solve ongoing crowding and maintenance issues that are pervasive in the existing 509-bed downtown jail, while setting inmates and staff members up for safety and success.
