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CTAS jail assessment finds aging CJC, 300 beds routinely out of service; recommends options including centralized intake and engineering study
Summary
A County Technical Assistance Service (CTAS) jail needs assessment presented June 11 to Shelby County’s Budget & Finance Committee concluded the county faces operational and infrastructure problems at the Criminal Justice Center and Jail East and outlined options that range from repair and partial expansion to consolidated new construction.
A County Technical Assistance Service (CTAS) jail needs assessment presented June 11 to Shelby County’s Budget & Finance Committee concluded the county faces operational and infrastructure problems at the Criminal Justice Center (CJC) and Jail East and outlined options that range from repair and partial expansion to consolidated new construction.
Jim Hart, the CTAS jail management consultant, said the CJC — opened in 1981 — has aging physical systems, recurring maintenance issues and capacity problems that limit classification and safe housing. “Somewhere in the neighborhood of about 300 beds that are routinely out of service,” Hart said, citing maintenance, inmate vandalism and classification constraints.
Nut graf: The study pairs operational shortcomings — staffing and duplication across multiple facilities — with urgent capital questions. Hart…
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