Corrections Connections

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of July 6. Let's get started with project updates: Rutherford County, Tenn., officials are considering building an estimated $375 million jail and sheriff's office complex in Murfreesboro to address overcrowding. The Massachusetts Trial Court and Division of Capital Asset Management and Mainte...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of June 29. Let's get started with project updates: The Lorain County Jail Advisory Board in Ohio has approved designs from DLZ Architecture for a new $143 million, 540-bed jail based on a podular supervision model. The Elmore County Commission in Alabama has approved a $69.9 million bid from...

Welcome to Weekly Connections. Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of June 22. Let's get started with project updates: In Grant County, Wash., officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the completion of the new $155 million county jail and sheriff's headquarters. The 512-bed facility was designed by Clemons Rutherford and Associates with Lydig Construc...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of June 15. Let's get started with project updates: Ground was broken last week for the new $308 million Stearns County, Minn., Justice Center, a 482,000-square-foot facility expected to be complete in 2029. Williamson County, Tenn., officials broke ground last week on a new 230,000-square-foo...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of June 8. Let's get started with project updates: Officials in Nashville and Davidson County, Tenn., have selected the joint venture of BELL Construction and Clark Construction, along with HOK, as the design-build team for the $410 million Davidson County replacement correctional facility pro...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of June 1. Let's get started with project updates: A new $231 million Sonoma County Superior Courthouse will officially open in Santa Rosa, Calif., this week, featuring 15 new courtrooms and enhanced security. The Monroe County Council in Indiana has rejected an $11.375 million land purchase f...

This week’s episode is brought to you by Willoughby Industries, offering American-made plumbing, water management and locking solutions for demanding correctional environments since 1947. Visit willoughby-ind.com or call 463-314-1043 to get started. Let's get into it with project updates: Dallas County officials in Texas have agreed to borrow $350 million in certificates of obligation, with $60 mi...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of May 18. This week’s episode is brought to you by Willoughby Industries, offering American-made plumbing, water management and locking solutions for demanding correctional environments since 1947. Visit willoughby-ind.com or call 463-314-1043 to get started. Let's get into it with project up...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of May 11. This episode is brought to you by Willoughby Industries, American-made since 1947. Visit willoughby-ind.com or call 463-314-1043 to get started. Let's get started with project updates: Officials with the Pueblo County, Colo., Sheriff's Office cut the ribbon to the new $150 million P...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of May 4. This episode is brought to you by Willoughby Industries, American-made since 1947. Visit willoughby-ind.com or call 463-314-1043 to get started. Let's get into it with project updates: A special committee voted to resume construction of the new Cuyahoga County Central Services Campus...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of April 27. Let's get started with project updates: South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden and other officials broke ground last week on a new $650 million men's prison in Sioux Falls, with completion expected in 2029. Officials in New York City held a topping-out ceremony last week as the last s...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of April 20. Let's get started with project updates: Officials with Dimeo Construction Company laid out an early timeline for the new $174 million Framingham Regional Justice Center project in Massachusetts, with construction expected to finish in the spring of 2029. State officials in Montana...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of April 13. Let's get started with project updates: New York City opened its first Outposted Therapeutic Housing Unit, a 104-bed facility at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, designed for people in custody with complex medical needs. Commissioners in Montgomery County, Texas, met to discuss op...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of April 6. Let's get started with project updates: Commissioners in Flathead County, Mont., finalized an owner's representative agreement with In2itive Architecture to oversee construction of the new $93.5 million Flathead County Jail, with construction expected to begin June 1. Officials in...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of March 30. This episode is brought to you by Cortech, a family-owned, American-made manufacturer of molded furnishings for correctional environments. Contact them at 1-800-571-0770 or visit Cortechusa.com. Let's get into it with project updates: Commissioners in Stearns County, Minn., approv...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of March 23. This episode is brought to you by Cortech, a family-owned, American-made manufacturer of molded furnishings for correctional environments. Contact them at 1-800-571-0770 or visit cortechusa.com . Let's get started with project updates: Leaders in Williamson County, Tenn., broke gr...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of March 16th. This episode is brought to you by Cortech, a family-owned, American-made manufacturer of molded furnishings for correctional environments. Contact them at 1-800-571-0770 or visit cortechusa.com . Let's get into it with project updates: The newly completed $514 million Tani G. Ca...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of March 9. This episode is brought to you by Cortech, a family-owned, American-made manufacturer of molded furnishings for correctional environments. Contact them at 1-800-571-0770 or visit cortechusa.com . Let's get started with project updates: This month, a new 32-bed secure residential ju...

The debut episode of the Corrections Connections docuseries goes inside Bedford Hills Correctional Facility — New York’s only maximum-security prison for women — for a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the nation’s oldest prison nursery program and the innovative initiatives supporting motherhood, education and successful reentry. In the episode: New York State Department of Corrections and Communit...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of March 2. Let's get started with project updates: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and other state officials broke ground on the new $147 million Maryland Supreme Court building, with project completion expected in early 2029. Governor Moore Highlights Generational Investment in Maryland's Judicial S...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Feb. 23. Let's get started with project updates: California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other officials opened the new $239 million Learning Center at the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center. Officials in Camden County, N.J., will search for a new location for a potential $1 billion regional justic...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Feb. 16. Let's get started with project updates: Bradbury Stamm Construction has been selected to build the new $167 million Eddy County Detention Facility in Carlsbad, N.M., with construction expected to start in April. Renovation and expansion plans at the J. Reuben Long Detention Center...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Feb. 9. Let's get started with project updates: Commissioners in Flathead County, Mont., have hired In2itive Architecture to serve as the owner's representative on the Flathead County Jail project, with groundbreaking tentatively planned for late May or early June. A new Career Technology C...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Feb. 2. Let's get started with project updates: A change order for a geothermal system has pushed the price tag for the new Cuyahoga County, Ohio jail project to $962 million. Construction is expected to begin this spring. Construction is progressing on the new Warrick County, Ind., Sheriff...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Jan. 26. Let's get started with project updates: The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners in Michigan recently proposed a new facilities master plan, including a $150 million upgrade of the county's jail and sheriff's office. Construction of a new $85 million courthouse expansion in Morr...