Corrections Connections

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Sept. 28. Let's get started with project updates: Officials in Fort Myers, Fla., broke ground last week on a new $147.2 million police headquarters, with completion expected in summer 2028. Mecklenburg County, N.C., celebrated the reopening of its Detention Center North (Jail North) to help...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Sept. 21. Let's get started with project updates: Officials in Portage County, Wis., broke ground last week on a new $160 million jail and law enforcement center, with completion expected by mid-2028. A groundbreaking ceremony was held last week for a new $55 million jail in Finney County,...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Sept. 14. Let's get started with project updates: Dallas officials broke ground earlier this month on a $227 million law enforcement training center on the University of North Texas at Dallas's campus. The Michigan Department of Corrections announced plans to add 870 high-security beds thro...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Sept. 7. Let's get started with project updates: Officials in Tazewell County, Ill., marked the topping out of the county's new 87,000-square-foot, $43.5 million Justice Center Annex in downtown Pekin, designed by Wold Architects and Engineers and built by P.J. Hoerr. Major construction is...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Aug. 31. Let's get started with project updates: Supervisors in Santa Clara County, Calif., unanimously approved a roughly $1 billion plan to modernize the main jail in San Jose and the Elmwood Correctional Facility in Milpitas. A new $21 million, 60-bed behavioral health unit opened last w...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Aug. 24. Let's get started with project updates: Cape Girardeau County, Mo., held an open house at its renovated 2001-era jail, capping an expansion and renovation project led by Treanor and Penzel Construction. A topping-out ceremony was held at the new $37 million, 108-bed Codington Count...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Aug. 17. Let's get started with project updates: Officials in Deschutes County, Ore., held an opening ceremony last week for the newly completed $47 million Deschutes County Courthouse expansion project. The Daviess County, Ky., Fiscal Court has approved a $60.5 million contract with A&...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Aug. 10. Let's get started with project updates: Whatcom County, Wash., is reconsidering adding a reentry resource center and second courtroom to its new jail and behavioral care center plans. Officials in Elmore County, Ala., broke ground on a $70 million, 480-bed jail in Wetumpka, beginni...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of Aug. 3. Let's get started with project updates: Columbus, Ohio Mayor Andrew Ginther announced that the city has canceled plans for a new Franklin County Municipal Court building, opting instead to renovate the existing courthouse. Macon-Bibb County, Ga., has broken ground on the second phas...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of July 27. Let's get started with project updates: Officials with the Georgia Department of Corrections held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for nine new off-site-constructed modular buildings, adding 504 maximum security beds and 20 medical beds to the system. The Florida Department of Corrections...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of July 20. Let's get started with project updates: Williamson County, Texas officials marked the topping out of the county's $90 million Juvenile Justice Center expansion, which is expected to be completed by the summer of 2027. Leaders in Orangeburg County, S.C., held a groundbreaking ceremo...

Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of July 13. Let's get started with project updates: South Dakota officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new $87 million, 102-750-square-foot women’s prison in Rapid City. Santa Barbara County awarded a nearly $139 million design-build contract to Sletten Construction Company and part...

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...