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Kaufman County reviews concept, capacity and cost estimates for new juvenile detention center
Summary
Architects presented three sizing options for a proposed Kaufman County juvenile detention center and preliminary cost estimates; commissioners were told operational costs will be developed next and bed counts and budgets must be finalized before any referendum.
Kaufman County Commissioners Court on Jan. 14 heard a detailed concept presentation for a possible juvenile detention center, including projected bed needs, building program alternatives and preliminary cost ranges.
Tran Architects’ Andy Pitts summarized a months-long analysis of bookings, average length of stay and other population characteristics and told the court the county’s average daily population (ADP) in 2024 was about 7.23 children per day. When the consultants added youths who are released to guardians, those awaiting transport, youths on electronic monitoring and probation-violation holds, the ADP benchmark rose to about 10.12, Pitts said.
That baseline and county population projections drove planners’ facility-sizing scenarios. Using a peaking factor and a classification factor to allow for separation by gender, co-defendants and other…
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