Facility of the Month: Talent in Teamwork
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.
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Facility of the Month
Facility of the Month: Integrated Design Shapes New Graham County Jail
Discussions to replace the outdated Graham County jail started approximately 16 years ago, but being situated in a small, rural community meant it was difficult to get the finances to maintain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.
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Facility of the Month: Advancing the Mental Health Discussion
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.
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Facility of the Month: A Less Institutional Look
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.
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Facility of the Month: Sustainable Justice Changes the Future for Juveniles
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.
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Facility of the Month: Utah’s Changing Philosophy
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.
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Facility of the Month: Crawford County Succeeds in the Southeast
The new Crawford County Justice Center sets the standard for well-built, efficient facilities in the Southeast.
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