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New Escambia County Jail To Open In 2020
January 6, 2020
Escambia County will open a new jail in 2020.
Construction on the new Escambia County jail is expected to be completed this summer at a cost of $132 million, the largest building project to date unertaken by the Escambia County Commission.
It is expected to save $5 million a year currently being spent to transport and house inmates elsewhere.
Whitesell-Green/Caddell construction crews broke ground on the correctional facility in November 2018. The new building is located near the southeast corner of North Pace Boulevard and West Fairfield Drive and will serve as the central booking facility and juvenile housing area.
The facility is expected to provide as many as 90 new jobs. The three-story building will house 784 inmates and include an inmate intake and receiving area, and dining and kitchen service areas.
Pictured: Construction status as of January 2020 on the new Escambia County Jail. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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12 Responses to “New Escambia County Jail To Open In 2020”
I can see staff at the new facility but leave the prisoners in the old facility. NO prisoner deserves the new digs.
Stupenous, I go to, http://inmatelookup.myescambia.com/smartwebclient/jail.asp, regularly. I cannot recall ever seeing someone charged with being homeless. I do sometimes see the word “homeless” listed for their address.
In the “state pays $100 a day per inmate to the county” theory. The county not only makes it money back but will actually see a profit within 9 months.
cost per bed, $132,000,000.00 divided by 784 = $168,797.95.
homelessness is a crime? wow, there will be no trouble keeping the jails full! good deal for the homeless, 3 hots and cot, tv, a/c and heat, and a suit of lincoln green once a week, medical care and medication. cake spiked with saltpeter is still some good cake. cards, dominoes to while away the hours. diet program as you won’t gain weight on jail food, you might have a problem holding up your pants when you get out, i know i did.
Reading the jail log daily I see homeless under charges when they are arrested some with or without bond. It seems if the only charge is homeless and put in jail doesn’t make sense. Are they gonna get a job and pay court fees, etc. I’m sure the jail population would be reduced to those who need to be arrested and get a jumpsuit and bunk.
The 784 beds is in addition to the main jail and camp 5.
woohoo! if people would STOP BREAKING THE LAW! corrections would stop being such big biz.
784 inmates? where are they going to put them the second day?
That’s great that it will finally be built, the former booking area was nice and there was plenty of room for everyone.. While I believe they plan on hiring 90 people to work there, I wonder where they are going to find the new employees. In case people haven’t noticed, there is a sever lack of interest in corrections or law enforcement. It’s hard to get people into a job that paints a target on your back with criminals, liberals, politician’s etc. There is a lot of hate directed towards employees of the state and it doesn’t look like it’s going to let up anytime soon.
cost per bed tooooooooooooooooooooooo much. For that price should be 2000 beds, we are going to need them soon!!!!!!!! Need to make CAMP5 bigger.
Only 784 inmates? It still won’t be big enough.