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Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Jan. 19. Let's get started with project updates: The new $150 million Pueblo County, Colo., detention center project is on track for completion and opening in April. Construction on a new temporary jail in Kansas City, Mo., is officially underway, with the now $25 million project expected t...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Jan. 12. Let's get started with project updates: The Lancaster County, Pa., Board of Commissioners released preliminary designs for a new prison with cost estimates ranging from $434 million to $497 million. Officials with the Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District in Louisiana have pr...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of January 5, 2026. Let's get into it with Project updates: Plans for a new jail in Dallas County, Texas, are moving forward, with initial cost estimates between $3 billion and $5 billion, though the project could take up to a decade to complete. The design phase for a new 200-bed detention ce...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Dec. 29. Let's get into it with Project Updates: In Ector County, Texas, plans for a new $200 million courthouse are moving forward after county commissioners approved a preliminary design, with completion expected by the end of 2029. Officials in Cheatham County, Tenn., held an open house...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Dec. 22. Let's get into it with project updates: A new youth correctional facility will be built in Fitchburg, Wis., after $130 million in funding was awarded. Construction is expected to start next September. The Macon-Bibb County Commission in Georgia signed a contract with Warren Associa...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Dec. 15. Let's get into it with project updates: The Santa Cruz County, Calif., Sheriff's Office is advocating for a new mental health jail facility, with estimates rising to approximately $350 million. Link:  Santa Cruz County Sheriff eyes new mental health jail facility   Ground...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Dec. 8. Let's get into it with project updates: South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden and Department of Corrections Secretary Nick Lamb visited the site of the state's under-construction women's prison in Rapid City. The $87 million facility is expected to be complete by next July. Oklahoma Co...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Dec. 1. Let's kick it off with project updates: The design-build team for the new Lake County Public Safety Center in Painesville, Ohio, officially topped out the $205 million, 250,000-square-foot facility last week. A groundbreaking ceremony was held for the Whitley County, Ky., ...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Nov. 24. Let's get into it with Project Updates: Stakeholders for the new Allen County Jail in Indiana say the $320 million project is about 35% complete and on track for completion by December 2027. Renovation and expansion work is underway at the Montana State Prison, a $15...

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Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Nov. 17. Let's get into it with project updates: A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held last week at the new $333 million Osvaldo N. Soto Miami-Dade Justice Center in downtown Miami. The Alabama Department of Corrections announced that the opening of its new $1 billion Gov. Kay Ivey Prison Comp...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Nov. 10. Let's get into it with project updates: Officials in Waller County, Texas celebrated the grand opening of the new $44 million Waller County Courthouse. In San Patricio County, Texas, construction of a new $63 million judicial building is approximately 65% complete and is expec...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Nov. 3. Let's get into it with project updates: In Boulder County, Colo., a ribbon cutting ceremony was held for the opening of the Joe Pelle Center, a new 252-bed alternative sentencing facility. Officials in Barren County, Ky., broke ground on the new $50 million Barren County Judicial Ce...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Oct. 27. Let's get into it with project updates: Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner John Hamm recently updated state officials that the $1.25 billion Governor Kay Ivey Correctional Complex project is 75% complete and should be fully completed next year. New Jersey officials rece...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Oct. 20.  Starting with project updates:   The Arkansas Department of Corrections released an informational resource to address concerns over its proposed 3,000-bed Franklin County Prison project. Arkansas Agency Issues ‘Guide to Help Explain’ Proposed Franklin County Prison &nbsp...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Oct. 13.   Starting with project updates: Officials in Henderson County, N.C., broke ground on a $173 million expansion of the county courthouse and detention center. The jail expansion is expected to be completed in 2026. The Placer County Sheriff's Office in California held a ribbon...

Welcome to Weekly Connections, brought to you by NVT Phybridge! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Oct. 6. Starting with project updates: A ribbon cutting will be held this week at the new $42 million Clay County Jail and Law Enforcement center in Vermillion, S. D. The project was designed by JLG Architects and built by Beckenhauer Construction. An o...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Sept. 29. We'll start off with project updates: A topping out ceremony was held at the new Nashville Campus for Youth Empowerment. The project, designed by DLR Group and Smith Gee Studio with Bell Construction as the builder, is expected to be complete in 2027. In Wisconsin, the joint ventu...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Sept. 22. We'll start off with project updates: Officials in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, have released design plans for the new $900 million, 1,886-bed county jail in Garfield Heights, with groundbreaking expected this fall. Also in Ohio, plans for a new $300 million Franklin County Municip...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Sept. 15. We'll get into it with project updates: Construction of the new $155 million Grant County Jail in Washington is progressing on schedule for completion in the summer of 2026. Also in Washington, Whatcom County has chosen four firms to design and build the county's new jail and...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of September 8th. We'll get it going with project updates: Construction on the Macomb County Jail in Michigan is on time and under budget at the halfway mark, with the $229 million project expected to be complete in early 2027. A new $111 million, 170,000 square foot courthouse is officially o...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of September 1st. We'll kick it off with project updates: A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to celebrate the opening of the new $145 million Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women in St. Gabriel. The Indiana Department of Corrections announced it will keep the current Indiana State Prison...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of August 25th. We'll kick it off with project updates: The Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance selected DiMillo Construction as Construction Manager at Risk for the new $174 million Framingham Justice Center project, expected to be complete by early 2030. This f...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Aug. 18.  We'll kick it off with project updates:   A proposed joint jail and police facility for Johnson County and Iowa City, Iowa, has been estimated at $106 million.  Work on a two-year, $75.8 million renovation of the Stark County, Ohio, jail began on Aug. 15, with Grang...

Welcome back to Corrections Connections where, today, Torrey sits down with Michael Beary, the Executive Director of JUST of DuPage County. This isn't your typical corrections story. Michael, with a background far from clinical work, saw a system needing a fresh approach, and now he’s at the forefront of a program achieving incredible success, truly changing lives and significantly reducing recidi...