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Chautauqua County committee hears jail needs study; concept calls for removing 1939 wing
Summary
Consultants and Sheriff Jim Quattrone presented a jail needs study recommending replacement of the county's 1939 jail wing, a 224‑bed concept plan and preliminary cost estimates of about $115 million to $120 million (2025 dollars). The county's jail needs committee will review next steps and funding options.
Consultants from LaBella and Justice Planners and Sheriff Jim Quattrone presented the county’s jail needs assessment to the Chautauqua County Public Facilities Committee on May 19, describing a plan to remove the facility’s 1939 wing and replace aging space with a modern facility sized to meet projected county needs.
The study’s nut graf: consultants recommended a concept plan that would replace the 1939 portion of the jail, consolidate operations into new space, and provide roughly 224 beds under the county‑only planning scenario. Presenters said the concept program yields a gross building assessment of about 15,000 square feet of programmed spaces and preliminary construction estimates that escalate into the low‑hundreds of millions in current dollars.
Presenters described three forecast scenarios the team used to size bed need: a base forecast, two alternates that assume different booking and average length‑of‑stay conditions, and…
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