El Paso County Criminal Justice Center Archives

DBIA Recognizes Three Correctional Facilities for 2012

October 12, 2012

WASHINGTON — The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) 2012 Award Winners have been made public, for the first time ever, in advance of its annual conference, scheduled for Nov. 7-9 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, La.

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New Orleans Officials Vote for Smaller Jail

February 9, 2011

NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans City Council has voted unanimously to pass an ordinance authorizing the construction of a new jail that is much smaller than what had previously been planned in a bid to reduce the city’s prison population.

The ordinance calls for the construction of a 1,438-bed jail, less than a third of the size of the originally proposed expansion that called for more than 4,000 beds

Rebuilding Corrections in New Orleans

July 29, 2010

The Orleans Parish kitchen/warehouse facility is designed to provide up to 25,000 meals a day.

Bossier Parish Maximum Security Jail

April 6, 2006

When Hurricane Katrina ripped through New Orleans, it created immense damage to anything unfortunate enough to be in its path, but it was the subsequent flooding that wreaked the most havoc on those that remained in the city.

After levees broke at the Industrial Canal and the 17th Street Canal, some areas were flooded with several feet of water. Homes were submerged to their roof lines, businesses were gutted and thousands were stranded. The city’s correctional facilities, although built to withstand hurricane-force winds, were also subjected to widespread damage.