LA County Restarts Jail Construction, Plans for Reentry Facility

LOS ANGELES — On Aug. 11, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors ordered staff to look into creating a $120 million Office of Diversion and Reentry and approved an amendment to restart construction of a 3,885-bed downtown Los Angeles jail as well as approved continued work on a new 1,604-bed women’s jail in Lancaster.

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LA County Officials Delay Jail Plan

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Jail Plan — a major effort to replace the Men’s Central Jail with the Consolidated Correctional Treatment Center and to renovate the Mira Loma Detention Facility — was delayed on June 9. While Los Angeles County officials unveiled the Men’s Central Jail plan at the June 9 meeting, they also voted to halt work on all pending jail projects for 45 days while reassessing the number of beds needed at the new facility.

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Broward County Courthouse to Open in 2015

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A large-scale construction project is underway to create an efficient, flexible design with an ageless aesthetic appeal for longevity for the new Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale.

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Local and National Firms Partner on New $300M Regional Jail

DETROIT — When Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon was appointed in 2009, he and his executive team analyzed operations and determined the sheriff’s office could reap significant financial savings by consolidating its three existing jails.

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