Courthouse Expansion Continues Despite Hurricane Florence Damage
The new Onslow County Courthouse is still making progress despite sustaining minimal damage from Hurricane Florence.
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Expansion
Hawaii Officials Move Forward with $40 Million WCCC Expansion
Hawaii officials have set aside $40 million for an expansion project at the Women’s Community Correctional Center (WCCC), the only women’s prison in the state.
Read moreJE Dunn Selected for Greene County Jail Expansion
JE Dunn Construction is partnering with DeWitt & Associates, Inc. to manage the construction of the Greene County Jail expansion project.
Read moreHamilton County Jail Expansion Breaks Ground to Address Overcrowding
The Hamilton County Jail expansion broke ground recently in response to the overcrowding of the facility. The 25-year-old Hamilton County Jail currently maintains the capacity of 300 inmates, yet well exceeds that amount with its current 400 inmates occupying the facility.
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Groundbreaking for New Hidalgo County Courthouse Set for Fall
Construction of Hidalgo County’s new courthouse and jail expansion is expected to begin in September, with an official groundbreaking ceremony scheduled for early October.
Read moreNew Addition Expands DeKalb County Jail
Officials from DeKalb County, Gilbane Building Company and Dewberry Architects gathered on May 18 to celebrate the official ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly completed DeKalb County Jail expansion in Sycamore.
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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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Dekalb County Jail Expansion Reaches 80 Percent Completion
The expansion of the Dekalb County Jail is expected to be completed by Jan. 23, 2018.
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Bucks County OKs Expansion of Women’s Correctional Facility
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, decided to move forward with a plan to alleviate inmate overcrowding in its women’s correctional center.
Read moreErford Harrison
When Erford Harrison joined Habersham Metal Products in 1956, building a detention facility meant years of heavy lifting, and piecemeal construction, finally crosshatched and finished with the clang of those iconic iron bars.
He has since helped revolutionize the industry, rendering “bar grille” mostly obsolete and shifting building materials toward lightweight, prefabricated, modular steel enclosures.
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