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Detention center upgrades require complex phasing and temporary inmate relocation, staff warns
Summary
County CIP staff told commissioners the adult detention center renovation entails complicated sequencing: temporary kitchens, relocation of at least 65 inmates and a general-contractor approach that combines security upgrades, food services and inmate relocation planning.
County CIP staff told commissioners on Nov. 10 that comprehensive security and kitchen upgrades at the St. Mary's County adult detention center will require intricate phasing and temporary inmate relocation arrangements.
George Erickson said the county has completed ballistic-glass replacement, camera upgrades and other hardening work, but the next phases ' including a kitchen renovation ' require either an on-site temporary kitchen or an off-site kitchen and movement of inmates. "We're gonna have to relocate at least 65 inmates," Erickson said, describing the need for a temporary housing plan that may rely on available beds in other jails or an on-site shuffle that keeps many pretrial inmates in place.
Erickson and CIP staff said the county has secured a temporary food-service provider and is considering a general-contractor structure that would package security upgrades, food service and temporary inmate relocation in a single solicitation. They said 70% design drawings were received the previous week and that the next step is a full design meeting with the warden to agree on a detailed phasing plan for corridors, control rooms and security-sensitive areas.
Commissioners asked whether delays were due to slow responses within the sheriff's office; staff said operational input from corrections is critical and that the county would take the lead in project management while seeking the sheriff's concurrence on phasing and scheduling.
Ending: Staff said they will convene the design-phase meeting with the warden this month to finalize a phasing plan and then return with a solicitation approach that minimizes concurrent contractor impacts on security and operations.
