(12/14/2011)
Slowly but surely, criminal justice science is undergoing a shift in modern America. While it's long been acknowledged that reform is the optimal outcome of incarceration, this principle has yet to be uniformly recognized in the physical forms of adult detention facilities.
By Katherine Alvarez
(11/30/2011)
(11/30/2011)
The Houston County Justice Center in Caledonia, Minn., brought its fair share of challenges to Klein McCarthy Architects, but replacing the oldest operational jail in the state brought great rewards as well.
(07/28/2011)
he County of San Bernardino’s Design-Build Central Valley Juvenile Detention and Assessment Center was completed in June by Sundt Construction Inc. This $62 million project, which broke ground in May 2009 and opened for occupancy in March 2011, recently received the Design-Build Institute of America-Western Pacific Region (DBIA-WPR) award.
By Nick Warner
(05/27/2011)
(05/27/2011)
The U.S Supreme Court upheld the order of a federal court that mandated that the state prison system reduce its population to
By Ahavah Revis
(05/23/2011)
(05/23/2011)
As statewide K-9 coordinator for the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Sergeant Wayne W. Conrad sits on the front line of California’s battle against contraband.
(05/18/2011)
The juvenile crime rate in Utah has dropped from more than 6 percent to less than 1 percent over the last 20 years, and experts attribute the decline to the state’s approach to corrections and prevention.
By Stephen A. Carter
(05/16/2011)
(05/16/2011)
If the total cost of ownership is truly vetted, high-rise solutions for correctional facilities have many advantages.
Nick Warner
(03/11/2011)
(03/11/2011)
California’s $25 billion budget deficit, and the development of solutions to close this gap, continues to be at the forefront of priorities for state and local government leaders.
(02/15/2011)
While the Stockton Chamber of Commerce may have taken federal receivership and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to court in response to the new correctional medical facility that is now being built there, they are now completely in favor of the project.
By Lisa Kopochinski
(01/31/2011)
(01/31/2011)
With California still facing a daunting 12-percent unemployment rate, one bright spot has appeared in the form of a new inmate health care facility in Stockton that will generate thousands of jobs.
