Here’s a look at the proposal:Link to article.
The county’s criminal justice continuum would be split into two “campuses.” The first, described as a justice campus, would be located at the downtown block that’s currently home to the Justice Building and the Curry and Fiscus buildings. That campus would house courts, probation and other related activities, plus create space for future growth.
The second campus, dubbed the corrections campus, would be constructed at the former Thomson/RCA site and would house juvenile facilities offering care to youthful offenders, a new jail and sheriff’s department. In 2002, the county purchased the 85-acre site, which is located west of South Rogers Street, behind the IMI stone company and south of the old Thomson Consumer Electronics property.
A proposed timeline for the development process said it’s likely to take between two and five years and would first construct a juvenile treatment and secure detention facility on the Thomson/RCA property, then build a new jail and sheriff’s office on that property, and finally renovate the then-vacant jail and sheriff’s office at the Justice Building to create more space for courts, probation and other needed functions.
submitted on Tue, 2008-03-04 02:53
