Beyond Accommodation: Designing for Capability in Trauma-Informed and Neurodiverse Correctional Environments
For decades, correctional design has evolved beyond simply containing incarcerated populations.
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From Containment to Continuity, Part II: How Care, Reintegration and Workforce Resilience Turn Correctional Design Into a Public Health Strategy
Designing correctional facilities as public health infrastructure requires more than improving conditions inside housing units.
Rikers Island Remediation Action Plan Outlines Next Steps as Transition to Borough-Based Jails Progresses
Last month, the team appointed by a federal judge to take control of operations at New York City’s jail system — including the Rikers Island jail — released its plan to improve conditions at the long-troubled facility.
From Containment to Continuity, Part I: Why Correctional Facilities Must Be Designed as Public Health Infrastructure
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.
Nashville, Davidson County Announce Intent to Award to Design-Build Team on New $410 Million Detention Facility Project
The Davidson County, Tenn., Department of Finance Division of Purchases recently announced a notice of intent to award the design-build team for the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) Replacement Correctional Facility.
Ribbon Cut at New Net-Zero Energy Detention Center in Colorado
The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado marked the opening of its new detention center May 7, hosting a ribbon-cutting at the new $150 million facility.
New Brooklyn Borough-Based Jail Tops Out as New York City Advances Plan to Close Rikers
Officials in New York City marked a major construction milestone this week at the Brooklyn Borough-Based Jail, placing the last piece of structural steel atop the 15-story facility during a traditional “topping out” ceremony.
HOK Hires Guy Mallozzi as Director of Business Development for Civic+Justice
Guy Mallozzi has joined HOK’s Civic+Justice team as the new Director of Business Development.
Ohio Grants $24 Million for Jail Construction, Renovation Projects
Late last month, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Director Annette Chambers-Smith announced that the state will award more than $24 million in grants to support construction and renovation projects at three jails across the state.
Vertical Solutions in Urban Jail Construction
As correctional systems plan more facilities in urban areas, many are choosing to build upward rather than outward. Vertical construction is becoming more common due to land scarcity, zoning limitations, adjacency to courts and the need for secure centralized services.