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.
On Nov. 19, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Greene County officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the recently completed Greene County Gene Fischer Justice Center just outside the city of Xenia.
Managing the maintenance needs of multiple jail facilities is no small task.
Project managers working on the $229 million Macomb County Jail project in Mount Clemens, Mich., recently told the county Board of Commissioners that the project is on time and under budget at the halfway point.
On Aug. 20, Fulton County, Ga., Commissioners in a 4-1 vote approved a $1.1 billion plan to build a new facility on the Rice Street Jail site to house inmates experiencing medical and mental health issues.
Voters will decide the fate of the Flathead County Detention Center in Kalispell on Nov. 4.
The Grant County Jail was built in the 1980s and was outdated the moment it opened. It had been designed for just 85 inmates and rapidly outgrew its capacity.
In July Aroostook County commissioners approved the next phase in planning the county jail replacement, launching the design proposal process for what could become the region’s most significant public safety investment in decades.
While Bell County’s existing jail complex was designed to serve approximately 900 inmates, it was undersized for the county’s actual detention needs.
Santa Clara County is once again weighing options for a new jail as it faces aging infrastructure, rising costs, and community concerns. Although officials say something must be built to meet federal mandates and basic care requirements, exactly what that looks like is still unclear.
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Winners announced at annual Corrections Summit.
