(05/15/2013)
Initially designed to add 896 beds, the expansion of the Adelanto Detention Center will include an additional 1,368 to meet the demands of the California realignment act.
By Lisa Kopochinski
(08/08/2012)
(08/08/2012)
When completed in July 2013, the new 160-bed Calaveras County Jail and Sheriff’s Office in San Andreas, Calif., will be a welcome relief. Replacing the current 49-year old overcrowded facility, the new project consists of two buildings — a 76,500-square-foot jail and a 41,500-square-foot sheriff’s office building.
By Nick Warner, Managing Partner, Warner & Pank LLC, and Danielle Higgs, Legislative Representative/Business Consultant, Warner & Pank LLC
(07/12/2012)
(07/12/2012)
On June 27th the California Legislature passed the remaining budget trailer bills including all those related to corrections and public safety, and the Governor signed all of the bills to complete the 2012-13 budget package.
(03/14/2012)
On March 8, Corrections Standards Authority approved $602,881,000 in funds for jail construction projects in 11 counties, the second phase under realignment, which amounts to a $1.2 billion investment in county jails, under AB 900.
By: Nick Warner, Managing Partner, Warner & Pank LLC
(11/07/2011)
(11/07/2011)
The State of California, having now enacted historic criminal justice realignment, continues to pursue AB 900 projects for local jail construction as part of the ongoing efforts and commitment to increasing local jail capacity.
(07/28/2011)
Correctional News and Trussbilt Security Products sponsored a presentation at the San Francisco chapter of the American Institute of Architects in June to discuss AB 900 and the new California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) health care facility being built outside Stockton, Calif.
By Nick Warner
(07/13/2010)
(07/13/2010)
June 30th marked the end of another fiscal year and the 17th time in the last two decades that the California state legislature missed its constitutional deadline to approve a balanced budget.
(06/25/2010)
The month of June provided a shot in the arm for the overcrowded prison system as the California made concrete progress in its efforts to expand prison and jail beds.
