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CORRECTIONS (JAIL/WORK RELEASE CENTER) <br />A. FINDINGS <br />1. As was the case in the mid-1980,Sthe Marion County Correctional facility is <br />once again operating at such a high capacity as to seriously limit the ability of the criminal <br />~ustice system to incarcerate persons, either on a pre-trial or sentenced basis. <br />2. The Marion County jail has a cunent capacity of 295 beds, and the work <br />center has a capacity of 76 beds. <br />3. A recent study indicates that, without taking into account any increased <br />demands on local facilities which may be the result of changing state rules, the jail capacity <br />will need to be increased to 340 beds and the work center will need to be increased to 96 <br />beds by 1997. This study further indicates that by 2003, the jail will need to add a further <br />150 beds and the work center will need another 24 beds; and that by 2015 will we need 538 <br />beds in the jail. <br />4. The conections department also needs space to house its administrative staff, <br />field seivices personnel, and state release officers. It appears that these space needs can <br />best be accommodated in the proposed tri-agency facility, and this report so recommends. <br />B. COST FACTORS ,~ <br />~~ <br />1. The cost of each new pod is $l~ million. <br />2. These figures do not include the cost of completing deferred offsite facilities <br />{approximately $2.4 million in street and utility work) which will have to be done when the <br />jail is expanded or the tri-agency facility is built, whichever comes first. <br />3. With double bunking, additional beds may be added at a cost of $12,000 per <br />25 beds. <br />PAGE 1 <br />ksj/cd/Corrections. 03/10/95 <br />