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SCENARIO I <br />BED REQUIREMENT <br /> <br />YEAR SENT PRE-SENT TOTAL <br /> <br />MONDAY, FEBRUAR~ '26, 1990 <br /> <br /> SCENARIO II <br />BED REQUIREMENT <br /> <br />SENT PRE-SENT TOTAL <br /> <br />1988 89 59 148 64 59 123 <br />1993 103 68 171 73 68 141 <br />1998 121 81 202 86 81 167 <br />2003 140 94 234 100 94 194 <br />2008 163 108 271 117 108 225 <br /> <br />Scenario I assumes a continuation of the current practice of accepting state <br />sentenced felons, with one year.or more to serve, into local institutions; while <br />Scenario II assumes all but 20% of state responsibility inmates are removed <br />from the Henry County - Martinsville City Detention and Correctional <br />facilities. <br /> <br />With a present capacity of 101 beds system overcrowding will continue to <br />grow and within the next three years the system will be housing 40 to 70 <br />inmates in excess of capacity. A safe and humane jail can not be operated at <br />that level and the City/County liability to suit will grow proportionately. <br /> <br />Two alternatives may be considered for meeting the bed requirements in a <br />long term plan: <br /> <br />Alternative A '- Construct a new regional jail to replace the existing <br />facilities. Use the existing County jail as a court holding and sheriffs <br />headquarter's facility and the existing City jail as a courtholding <br />facility. <br /> <br />Alternative B - Construct a new City/County minimum security <br />facility, renovate the existing County jail to serve as a pre-sentence <br />housing facility and convert the City jail w a special purpose housing <br />facility. Eliminate the existing City Farm. <br /> <br />Implementation costs will be as follows: <br /> <br />PHASE I PHASE 1I PHASE 11I PHASE IV TOTAL <br /> <br />ALTERNATIVE A $15,014,000 $4,227,000 <br /> <br />$19,241,000 <br /> <br />ALTERNATIVE B $923,000 $1,100,000 $7,310,000 $5,499,000 $14,832,000 <br /> <br />Although total costs for Alternative A construction are higher than <br />Alternative B, the net cost to the City and County will be less because' <br />Alternative A qualifies for 50% State funding. Moreover, Alternative A <br />offers potential long term operational cost savings that will result from <br />operating a single facility as opposed to two facilities as proposed in <br />Alternative B. <br /> <br />iv <br /> <br /> <br />