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K&A KIMME & Associates, Inc. Criminal Justice Planners & Designers December 16, 2002 RECEIVED Ms. Bonnie Johnson Cass County Coordinator Cass County Courthouse 211 Ninth Street South Fargo, ND 58108 DEC 19 2002 CASS L;UtJI~ ~ I' UVMMI,.'.'.'~ION RE: Post Occupancy Monitoring Report. Dear Bonnie: I have had the opportunity to review the post-occupancy monitoring report prepared by Jim Rowenhorst with Gary Bowker's assistance. In the report recommendation number 6 says the following: The cells that will be used for destructive inmates (disciplinary detention) should be modified immediately. The consultants recommend that the stainless steel shelf units be immediately removed. The consultants also recommend that one or even all of the cells in disciplinary detention be further "hardened" by removing the table and mirror and possibly replacing the glass window in the door with perforated metal or a 5" vertical window that is not as susceptible to damage. The dayroom should also be closely checked for fixtures that will be susceptible to vandalism and, if possible, remove those fixtures. We would offer the following observations about recommendation #6 for the county's consideration: If the county feels like the cells need to be further "hardened" by removing the table and mirror that is clearly up to the county. In that these are detention grade products we feel they are already sufficiently "hard". Although some mirrors sustained damaged when assaulted with the shelf units to our knowledge none of them was removed. The mirror is a piece of equipment that is far less likely to be removed by an inmate to be used as a weapon against the physical plant, other inmates, or staff than was the shelf with its separately welded and cantilevered elements. If the shelf units are removed from the cells they would seem even less vulnerable to damage or removal. To our knowledge while the inmates successfully assaulted the shelves they did not successfully assault the desks. We do not know if they tried but if they did and no damage resulted it would seem to prove the sturdiness, or "hardness," of the detail. Removing them would be considerably more difficult and costly than the shelves assuming that they were all installed correctly by the contractor. 510 S. Staley Road, Suite C · Champaign, Illinois 61822 · (217) 351-7036 · Fax: (217) 351-6267