NCJ Number
188715
Journal
Corrections Today Volume: 63 Issue: 2 Dated: April 2001 Pages: 80-84
Date Published
April 2001
Length
5 pages
Annotation
This article presents the objectives and describes the implementation of Ontario's (Canada) Adult Infrastructure Renewal Project, which involved significant restructuring of Ontario's adult correctional system, so as to improve public safety and security while reducing operating costs and increasing efficiency.
Abstract
The key component of the plan involved the replacement of smaller, less efficient institutions with larger, modern facilities. A Compliance and Planning Team was established to plan and execute the design of new facilities in a design-build delivery method. The design allows for the effective management of dramatically diverse inmate groupings. The 1,200 beds are situated in six housing units with cells located on the ground floor and a mezzanine, interconnected by program space and located on a double-level corridor system. The indirect supervision mode of inmate management is used. The unique feature of the design is the programs components. Its uniqueness lies in its size, location, and configuration. The entire programs component is located within the housing unit and is positioned so two housing units can share it. The control station officer and the programs officer are within each other's view at all times. A triangular arrangement of spaces with twin corridors radiating off the center-line of the control station and located at each side of program spaces solves this problem. The facility is equipped with the most advanced security technology.