Escanaba / Delta County -
Not to say we get all "hot & bothered" by prison architecture around here, but since I mentioned it in the previous post, here is a
link to the (Kalamazoo-based) Architect's web page that features the new Delta County Jail and Sheriff's Office. Technically, the project was completed with a ribbon cutting in January 2019, but the county did not transfer any inmates until June of that year. Here's a
Google Street View link if you're interested (satellite view does not show the addition yet).
According to the design program -
Quote:
|
Delta County jail was over 50 years old and located on the County Square and the Lake Michigan shorefront. A feasibility study was conducted to help alleviate jail overcrowding, the constant housing of prisoners outside the County, an aging and maintenance-heavy building, and a staff-intensive layout with difficulty monitoring inmate activities. By determining Delta County’s twenty-year Justice and Corrections needs, we were able to develop options for the facilities and create a plan to renovate an underutilized County asset and secure a housing pod for $2 million in savings.
|
One-half of the County’s existing Service Center Facility was converted into the new Jail and Sheriff’s Office. The work included a addition with a new housing pod (with 164 beds housed in modular steel cells), indoor & outdoor recreation space, and 3 classrooms. The scope also included a new vehicular Sally Port and holding area at the Courthouse to accommodate inmate transports.
Source (for all of the above):
Byce & Associates, Inc.
Here's a sketchy floor plan - addition on the right, remodel on the left -
Source:
Up Matters