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JI;fVEMLE FACII.ITY (CENTER STREE'~' CAMPUS) <br />A. FINDINGS <br />1. Marion County is experiencing substantial increases in juvenile criminal <br />activity, and the growth in this activity is outpacing population growth. For example, while <br />Marion County has only about 8 percent of the state's youth population, it is experiencing <br />12 percent of the state's juvenile person crime arrests. In the five years from 1988 through <br />1993, the number of crimes charged against juveniles in Marion County more than doubled. <br />2. The WE group report identified the juvenile facility as in critical need of <br />expansion. The existing facilities are so overcrowded that, in many respects, Marion County <br />no longer has a credible juvenile justice program. <br />3. If a new juvenile facility is to be created, it appears that the best site would <br />be the state-owned six acre parcel immediately adjacent to the existing juvenile faciliry. <br />B. RECONfMENDATIONS <br />1. Construct a new Juvenile Department Building, ultimately approximately <br />126,000 square feet in size, on a six acre site immediately west of the existing Juvenile <br />building that includes detention, cournooms, probation, education, programs and <br />administrative support functions. The detention center should be designed as a four pod <br />facility, as outlined in th~ subcommittee report, but only three pods, containing <br />approximately 5,200 square feet each, should be constructed at this time. The fourth pod <br />should be constructed when justified by need and when operating funds are available. <br />2. Vacated office space in the existing building, totalling approximately 14,000 <br />square feet, should be occupied by the Health Department or youth and family related <br />programs. <br />C. COST FACTORS <br />PAGE 9 <br />ksj/cd/Facilities.Int 03/18/95 <br />