Eastern U.S.
(08/05/2010)
The Federal Bureau of Prisons completed energy efficiency, renewable power and water conservation projects that could save more than $2 million annually at two federal prison sites.
(03/25/2010)
Projects from the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Midwest, South Central, Rocky Mountains and Pacific regions.
By Lisa Kopochinski
(02/26/2010)
(02/26/2010)
A $55.2 million regional jail expansion in Virginia responds to inmate population growth in Virginia.
By Roibín Ó hÉochaidh
(12/30/2009)
(12/30/2009)
A new $47 million municipal courthouse and police headquarters in Niagara Falls, N.Y., was awarded LEED certification by the USGBC in December.
By Lisa Kopochinski
(07/29/2009)
(07/29/2009)
Situated on a 42-acre site in Salem, Va., the new $122 million Western Virginia Regional Jail, which opened in April, stands as a testament to interjurisdictional cooperation.
By Roibín Ó hÉochaidh
(12/15/2008)
(12/15/2008)
A Modern, 200-cell multi-jurisdictional facility is designed to fulfill criminal justice demands and civic needs in the heart of downtown Manassas, Va., without impacting the community’s historic character.
By Roibín Ó hÉochaidh
(04/21/2008)
(04/21/2008)
Much like Bartholdi’s Statue of Liberty, which has for more than a century, embraced individuals in need of a second chance at life, the new $27 million Union County Juvenile Detention Center in Linden, N.J., provides male and female wards with an opportunity to change their lives for the better in an environment of direction, order, humanity and safety.
By Matthew Crawford
(10/23/2007)
(10/23/2007)
The Frederick County Work Release Center in Maryland, a published project in the Academy of Justice Architecture's 2007 Justice Facilities Review, exemplifies what many corrections professionals consider a re-emergence of emphasis on offender re-entry.
(07/30/2007)
Justice facility construction projects are complicated on many different levels. They are usually political minefields that must be navigated carefully to avoid public dissatisfaction, there are many stakeholders involved, and oftentimes a crisis is on hand or looming on the horizon.
By Amy Perry
(04/16/2007)
(04/16/2007)
Most jails have a stereotypical appearance: a bleak, imposing building with a stark façade punctuated by dime-slot windows, and a dim interior with muted colors and rows of cells bound by bars — a popular conception reinforced among the public by movies and TV shows.
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