Citizens’ Capital Budget Advisory Committee · Overview of Current Facilities Jail Central: 801 East Fourth Street Original facility had 1,004 beds and was opened in 1997 and added

Citizens’ Capital Budget Advisory Committee

Capital Standards Meeting

Chief Deputy Felicia McAdoo

Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Capital Standards

Industry Indicators

North Carolina Jail Standards (see website below)

http://reports.oah.state.nc.us/ncac/title%2010a%20-%20health%20and%20human%20services/chapter%2014%20-%20director,%20division%20of%20health%20service%20regulation/subchapter%20j/subchapter%20j%20rules.html

Capital Standards

Industry Indicators

For detention primarily population and functional capacity.

For functional capacity, currently use 85% because population is down. However, the industry standard is 80%.

Master Plan July 2008 (Kimme & Associates, Inc.)

Capital Standards

Capital Standards

Capital Standards

Industry Benchmarks

American Correctional Association Accreditation (ACA)

Accredited since 2003

First detention facility in North and South Carolina

Facilities of Comparable Size

Accredited by National Commission on Correctional Healthcare (NCCHC)

Capital Standards

Existing Standards for Sheriff’s Office

For detention, adopted direct supervision model

Nothing formalized for non-detention operations

For an area such as Registration Bureau, primary need based on functionality of the area as well as security. One example is the request to separate sex offenders from other customers. This request has prompted the relocation to Sheriff’s HQ in 2014.

Reviewing the current needs of our Field Operations Division to determine long-term needs. Currently outgrown leased space at the ABC Facility.

Overview of Current Facilities

Sheriff’s Headquarters

Jail North Complex

Jail Central

Annex

Work Release and Restitution

Courthouse

Registration Bureau

Field Operations

Overview of Current Facilities

Sheriff’s Headquarters Located at 700 East Fourth Street, Suite 100

Houses Sheriff’s Office

Field Operations Major

Communications Division

Administrative Staff

Overview of Current Facilities

Jail North Complex: 5235 Spector Drive

Original facility had 614 beds and was opened in 1994

336,157 Square Feet

Included Training Facility

Opened Firing Range in 1997

Added Youthful Offender in 2010

Increased capacity to 721

Vocational Facility opened in 2010

Offers Horticulture and Carpentry

Overview of Current Facilities

Jail Central: 801 East Fourth Street

Original facility had 1,004 beds and was opened in 1997 and added 900 beds in 2002

702,884 Square Feet

Arrest Processing Center (APC) is operated from Jail Central

APC renovations currently underway

APC is located at the Annex and it

will reopen this summer

Includes Medical Infirmary

Overview of Current Facilities

Jail Annex: 5225 Spector Drive

Facility had 320 beds and was opened in 2009

In addition to the 320 there is another shell building that could provide another 320 beds but would require construction to open.

Closed May 2011

83,274 Square Feet

APC is occupying while Jail

Central renovations are

underway

Overview of Current Facilities

Work Release and Restitution Center: 901 Elizabeth Ave.

Original facility had 150 beds and was opened in 1997

72,682 Square Feet

Houses IST and HR

Downsized July 2010

Operating 90 beds now

Currently houses Culinary

Program

Overview of Current Facilities

Courthouse: 832 East Fourth Street

Opened in January 2007

Screened over 1.2 million entering in FY 2012

Confiscated over 7,300

items, including 3 firearms

in FY 2012

Provides security to 37

Courtrooms

Courts Division has 113

Staff in Courthouse

Overview of Current Facilities

Registration Bureau: 715 East Fourth Street

12 staff

Sex Offender Registration

969 currently registered

Purchase Permits

Concealed Carry Permits

Non-criminal fingerprints

Relocation planned to

700 East Fourth St. in 2014

Overview of Current Facilities

Field Operations: 3333 North Tryon Street

Civil Unit, Transportation, Domestic Violence, Civil Judgment and K9

Currently lease

4,511 Square Feet

Leased since 2000

$60K per year

Capital Projects

Currently no plans to submit a request for a new Capital Project for consideration unless there is an immediate need identified to relocate the Field Operations Unit.

Questions