Design Concepts For PC Units
Type of separation used:
- Advantages to housing these individuals is that its a totally separate institution.
- Inmates may be housed in smaller, self-contained, specialized units within a regular institution.
- Designing a separate institution would require, of course, adding areas for support functions such as food service, education, mechanical services, personnel, and financial management.
Perimeter security:
- Perimeter security must be maintained with a minimum number of breaks in the perimeter, while at the same time allowing legitimate access to the housing unit from the larger institution or the outside.
- High-intensity lighting, perimeter detection systems, and mobile patrols should be used as local needs and inmate custody levels dictate.
Housing unit:
- Ideally consist of individual rooms depending on if the PC unit has enough room for single-occupancy cells.
- The housing unit should accommodate multiple groups of individuals requiring separation from each other, while still affording good visual supervision using a minimal number of staff.
- The total number of inmates should not exceed 150 people per housing unit.
Visiting:
- Space for family and attorney visits must be provided for PC cases, either in the PC unit or in the general population visiting room.
- An inmate search area and separate inmate entry route should be incorporated into the unit design to ensure the safety of other inmates and visitors.
Education, barbershop, laundry, and commissary:
- Libraries are provided for inmates to read, study, and research any of their interest.
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