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.
Los Angeles-based Tutor Perini Corp. and East Coast-based O&G Industries Inc. have formed a joint venture and, in collaboration with the American architecture firm HOK, have been selected as the apparent proposer for the Manhattan Jail Facility design-build project.
The City of New York by and through its Department of Design and Construction (DDC) released a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) on Monday, Sept. 13, in connection with the Design-Build Program for the NYC Borough Based Jail System, Detention Facilities in the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.
Inmates housed in some of the most expensive real estate in the country will soon be getting a break thanks to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s signing a bill into law that will make it free of charge for inmates to make calls from New York City prisons, reported WPIX
Closure of the first jail on Rikers Island will take place this summer.
Beverly Prior, FAIA, LEED AP, is currently the civic and justice practice leader of San Francisco-based HMC+Beverly Prior Architects, which is a leading figure in the national architectural and justice community. Prior has worked on several major correctional/justice projects and holds sustainable design near and dear to her heart.
SAN FRANCISCO —California-based planning and design firm HMC Architects recently merged with Beverly Prior Architects of San Francisco. 
Recognizing longtime and emerging industry leaders.
Winners announced at annual Corrections Summit.
