Pulaski County Detension Facility and Juvenile Justice Complex
Little Rock, AR
This phased project consists of an 556-bed pre- and post trial facility, a
24-bed juvenile justice complex with courtrooms, and the renovation of a 250-bed
jail. The project covered 270,000 SF of new construction and 140,000 SF of remodeled
space. This project was a Joint Venture with WD&D, Cromwell, and BTA.
The facility is designed for direct supervision with decentralized services.
A typical housing unit contains 52 beds, day room, its own exercise yard, counseling
rooms with visitor booths on the second level; public visitation and inmate
traffic are totally separated with visitors corridor on the upper level, inmate
travel on the lower level. Meals are served in the housing units. Construction
is load bearing masonry with precast concrete floors and roofs. The facility
is designed for expansion to 1,600 beds and includes all sidewalks, roads and
utilities to allow for expansion.