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Skagit County Justice Center: Comprehensive Analysis & Options

Explore key issues, size, options, costs, and staffing implications for the future justice center in Skagit County. Determine the best solution for this critical community need.

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Skagit County Justice Center: Comprehensive Analysis & Options

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  1. Community Justice Center Analysis of Options

  2. Topics for the Day • What are the key issues? • What is the size? • What are the options? • Where? • What are the Capital and Operating Costs?

  3. Key Issues • Skagit County population will increase significantly in the next 20 years. • Crowding at the jail has reached dangerous levels. • The long-term population includes two groups • Long-term pretrial detainees with complex cases and high risk behaviors. • Sentenced inmates who have failed in alternatives and have significant substance abuse issues. • Criminal justice agencies are all impacted by increased workload. • The jail’s physical plant was not designed to support the current population. • Expansion and flexibility in the solution is essential to avoid repetition of the current situation in the future.

  4. What is the Size? • Phase I • 428 beds • 220,000 square feet • Phase II • 280 beds, when needed • 71,400 square feet, when needed

  5. What is Included?

  6. What are the Options? • Option 1. Construct all program components, discontinuing use of jail as a secure adult facility. • Criminal courts needed at the new location • Use current jail for other criminal justice functions. • Option 2. Retain jail “as is” with no connection to the new facility. • Best use of building is maximum security housing • Option 3. Retain jail, with a secure connection to new facility and a single central control for both facilities.

  7. Where Does it Fit? • Access • 5 minutes from fire responder and primary arraignment court • 10 minutes from hospital • Not blocked by natural factors • Multiple access points • Allows for future expansion • Provides adequate parking • Support • Elected officials • Criminal justice agencies A likely footprint for this size facility is about 100,000 square feet if scale remains consistent with current structures in the area.

  8. Conclusions about Site • Current jail parcels are not large enough. • Most likely connections to the Courthouse are from the north. • Potential for re-use of the current administration building. • Viability of underground and bridge connections will need engineering validation. • Parking will be an issue for this expansion. • Expansion capability differs significantly.

  9. Staffing Issues • Current Staffing • Required to fill current staff pattern = 54. • Authorized FTE = 35. • Jail is currently understaffed. • All new plans assume: • Separate court security section • Contract for food service • Contract for health service

  10. New Facility Staffing: Comparison

  11. What are the Differences? • Staff required to transport inmates, food, materials between buildings and court. • Multiple controls in two facilities. • Inefficient small housing units vs. larger, more efficient housing

  12. Life Cycle Cost Comparison

  13. Life-cycle Comparisons • Option I costs $7,757,100 more to build than the least expensive in today’s dollars. • Option I costs $973,300 less to operate than Option III and $1,830,100 less than Option II. • Salary savings in Option I pay off the difference in construction costs in 4 years if Option 2 is selected and 8 years if Option 3 is selected. • All salary savings are based on initial occupancy staffing

  14. Questions or CommentsTo leave a comment, or ask a question about the status of the new jail, click on the “Questions or Comments” link on the Jail Status Page.

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