Designing correctional facilities as public health infrastructure requires more than improving conditions inside housing units.
For much of the 20th century, correctional facilities were designed as instruments of containment — hardened, inward-facing environments optimized for control, efficiency and separation from civic life.
In an industry that tends to be more reactive than proactive, the ability to foresee emerging trends and plan accordingly can help position correctional product suppliers to solve the most pressing issues for facility owners and operators.
Officials from Macon-Bibb County, Ga., and the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office broke ground July 30 on the next phases of a $28.5 million to $31 million renovation and expansion of the county’s Law Enforcement Center, advancing work intended to improve security, capacity and healthcare space at the aging jail.
The Ryno® Dining Chair 2.0 from Pineapple is the next evolution of the company’s seating designed specifically for mental health environments.
The Ligature-Resistant Floor Drain (LRFD) from Willoughby Industries is designed to provide a solution for in-floor drain applications while maintaining ligature resistance in security and behavioral environments.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has posted more than $700 million in new funding opportunities aimed at expanding behavioral health treatment, recovery services, crisis response and support for people experiencing homelessness.
Washington has become the first state to make the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline available across all state prisons, allowing people in custody to dial 988 from phones and tablets at every facility, the Washington State Department of Corrections announced in a press release this month.
In recent years, correctional systems across the country have expanded the use of digital tablets to increase access to rehabilitative and educational programming, strengthen connections with the outside world, reduce idleness among incarcerated populations, and as a result, more agencies are recognizing the significant benefits this technology can provide.
Earlier this month, the Napa County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) was awarded $4.7 million through the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) Bond Round 2 to support the development of a 21,000-square-foot Behavioral Health Treatment Center (BHTC).
Recognizing longtime and emerging industry leaders.
Winners announced at annual Corrections Summit.
