NCJ Number
127786
Date Published
Unknown
Length
24 pages
Annotation
An experienced team of justice planners, architects, and engineers is required to effectively plan and design juvenile detention and sentenced facilities. The planning process incorporates various phases of information gathering and consensus building among the team, while the design phase represents the implementation of the plan.
Abstract
The first phase of a typical facility feasibility study consists of data collection and analysis including facility analysis, juvenile justice system survey, service inventory, population profiles, admissions/utilization analysis, classification analysis and preliminary system design, and juvenile justice system population projections. Phase II, the master space programming, considers space program and functional requirements, and staffing requirements. The design of a secure detention facility depends on consensus of the design team throughout the process. Three issues in design that are particularly relevant in juvenile detention are highlighted in this presentation: escapes, fire and emergency conditions, and suicide. The services provided by Rosser White, a company of criminal justice technologists, focus on planning, architecture, and engineering, and are outlined in this report. 1 figure