1. Jail operations final reprt - Laserfiche WebLink

Mr. Bowker had not previously seen the new jail facility nor worked on the project. Therefore he could provide a more unbiased opinion of the design of the building. Mr. Bowker made the following observations: The direct supervision and other inmate housing units that are easily surveillab[e that enhances inmate control. The design provides substantial inmate separation and classification capabilities which is essential to maintaining a safe environment for both staff and inmates. Inmate movement is efficient and easily monitored. Inmate movement is minimized for staffing and operational efficiency (i.e., the exercise space is adjacent to housing units and the public move to visiting at the housing units rather than the inmates moving to visiting near the public lobby). Adequate program space is provided to provide inmates with the opportunity for self-improvement and to keep inmates busy. (Idleness is a serious problem in jail and prison facilities.) Mr. Rowenhorst has been invo[ved with the project since its beginning and observed that those strengths of the design noted by Mr. Bowker were the design features Cass County officials and jail staff found important and was included in the j[zil planning documents. Mr. Bowker noted that the only major weakness appears to be the detention shelves in disciplinary detention. Although the consultants have been unable to identify failures of the shelf in any other facility, the shelf did fail in the Cass County jail facility. The designers and manufacturer are continuing to investigate the shelf failure and the shelf units in disciplinary detention are being removed. Cass County Jail Project 5