Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed December 20, 2023
Build Westville JV Builds $1.2B Indiana Correctional Facility
Construction crews with the Indiana-based joint venture, Build Westville, broke ground in October on a $1.2 billion correctional facility in Westville, Ind., touted not only as the largest, but the best....
St. George News - Wed November 30, 2022
Sletten to Perform Purgatory Correctional Facility Upgrades
After several months of work and consultation, the Washington County Commission is moving ahead with a much-needed expansion at the Purgatory Correctional Facility in Utah. The commission recently approved a contract with the Sletten Construction Company for three projects at the county jail....
The Associated Press - Tue July 12, 2022
Alabama Plans Move Ahead with Mega Prison Plans Despite Bond Sale Shortfall
Alabama officials said June 30 that they will move forward with plans to build two supersize prisons, despite a bond sale falling more than $200 million short amid a volatile market and pressure from activists....
Big-D Construction - Tue July 12, 2022
Big-D Construction, Kitchel Finish $1 Billion Prison Project
Work has wrapped up on the new Utah State Correction Facility (USCF), the largest construction project ever undertaken by the state of Utah. The Utah State Prison Relocation project, comprised of 35 buildings and 1.35 million sq....
Alabama Daily News - Thu May 19, 2022
Alabama Official Says State on 'Sound Footing' With Prison Construction Plan
An Alabama finance official said recently that the state is on "sound footing" moving forward with an ambitious prison construction plan that will see some $1.3 billion spent building modern corrections facilities....
Brooklyn Paper - Wed January 05, 2022
Six Construction Teams to Bid on Building Four Jails to Replace New York's Rikers Island
In the last days of his administration in late December, former New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that six teams of development and construction companies had been chosen to bid to develop the four borough-based jails planned to replace the city jail on Rikers Island....
Office of Gov. DeWine - Tue January 04, 2022
Former Hocking County Prison to Undergo Updates
Annette Chambers-Smith announced Dec. 13 that ODRC is moving forward with plans to renovate its former prison near Nelsonville. The Hocking Correctional Unit, which has been closed since 2018, will be repurposed into a day-treatment facility for misdemeanor offenders and a female-only jail operated by the Hocking County Sheriff's Office....
CEG - Wed October 06, 2021
Alabama Gov. Ivey Signs $1.3B Prison Construction Legislation
Gov. Kay Ivey on Oct. 1 signed bills authorizing the construction of at least two new state prisons that combined could incarcerate more than 8,000 people. Her signature was added to the bills soon after the Alabama Legislature approved the measures....
CEG - Mon September 13, 2021
Alabama Considers New Prison Construction Projects
House and Senate lawmakers in Alabama met informally Sept. 8 to discuss the latest version of a Republican plan to build three new prisons in the state, before renovating some existing facilities and closing four others....
CEG - Thu September 24, 2020
Alabama Governor Wants to Build a Trio of Mega Prisons
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey recently announced plans to move forward with state leasing of three privately built mega prisons that would begin construction next year. She described the move as a step toward overhauling an understaffed and violence-plagued prison system beset by years of federal criticism....
