Skagit County Public Safety Facility Master Plan

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Skagit County Public Safety Facility Master Plan

• Physical Plant Analysis

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The History

• Opened 1984
• Renovated 2003
• Design Capacity 83
• Strengths
• Connection to court
• Podular design
• Weaknesses
• Limited core capacity
• Two controls
• Circulation choke point

The ADP is 188 more than twice the design
capacity.
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The Issues Booking

• All movement goes through booking
• Visible to the public
• No waiting space and holding cells converted
• Offices
• Special management housing
• Impact of technology
• Lack of storage

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The Issues Housing

• Crowding and remote supervision have had a
  negative impact
• Too many inmates for
• The space
• The staff
• Inmates have too much time on their hands
• Lack of consequences
• Lack of accountability

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The Issues Security Control

• Out-dated
• Inflexible, hard-wired graphics panel
• Poor cameras, monitors
• Inefficient layout
• Too many responsibilities
• Too little ergonomics

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The Issues Visitation

• Labor intensive
• Impacts
• Control
• Booking
• Security and screening issues

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The Issues Programs

• Underutilized for programs
• Over-utilized for storage
• Community-based programs lack work area

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The Issues Health Care

• Not designed for todays health care issues
• Lack of separations
• Clinic functions
• Inmate classifications

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The Issues Support Services

• Storage, storage, storage
• Difficult to supervise inmates at work
• Good equipment, but no place to work

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The Issues Staff Areas

• Work areas promote disruption
• Lack of confidentiality
• Lack of meeting and training areas

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The Issues The Bottom Line

• Any facility would fail with too many inmates and
  too little space
• Location has a high value
• Courts
• Other justice and human service agencies
• Long-term expansion capacity is an issue on this
  site
• The design has a number of strengths, in spite of
  inefficiencies and space issues

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Questions or Comments
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status of the new jail, click on the Questions
or Comments link on the Jail Status Page.