Thursday, July 28, 2016

Sounds like Muskegon!-----Wayne County Jail Project Under New Guidance

Wayne County Jail Project Under New Guidance | Correctional News:
"DETROIT — In a unanimous July 7 vote, Wayne County, Mich., commissioners approved a contract with Miami-based CGL to oversee the county’s stalled and unfinished downtown Detroit jail project. CGL will serve as the county’s representative with a contract valued at approximately $4 million.
...Should the jail be constructed on an alternative site, administration officials say firms backing the construction of a new soccer facility should be expected to help fund the construction of the county’s new jail, juvenile justice facility and courthouse — not taxpayers.
As the project remains stalled, however, the cost of such a project remains unknown.
The county has already dedicated roughly $150 million to the unfinished project, and spends approximately $1 million each month to maintain the site and cover other costs.
Work on the new jail facility was first approved in September 2011.
Then, plans included the construction of a new five-story, 2,000-bed jail at a cost of approximately $300 million.
The project was intended to deliver a state-of-the-art, money-saving facility that would streamline management of jail medical care, food programs and laundry services.
It was originally projected to save Wayne County up to $30 million annually, and would have facilitated the closing of two nearby correctional complexes.
Despite making some progress on the project, which began construction in mid-2012, work was halted in the summer of 2013 when it was confirmed that the project would instead cost approximately $391 million."

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