PERU, INDIANA
The
initial phase of the Miami Correctional Facility called for housing for 1,200
medium-security offenders with 200 minimum-security offenders and allowance for
400 additional beds in the future. Included in this phase were ...
- an administration building,
- an offender services building,
- a recreation building,
- dormitories,
- a segregation building, and
- a warehouse and maintenance
building.
Dual
fencing with 12 rows of razor ribbon, a microwave detection system between
fences, a “shaker” fence, and a chase road reinforce security at the perimeter
of the facility, consequently reducing the number of guard towers needed.
Extensive use of technology enhances security, environmental and noise controls,
and the quality of the general housing/working environment.
In Phase
II of the project, additional buildings were constructed on the remaining 70
acres of the 200-acre site. The design
team at Elevatus replicated and modified the building designs from Phase I to
include ...
- 1,632 additional beds,
- 8 medium housing buildings,
- another offender services
building,
- an emergency operations center,
- an Industries building,
- a recreation building,
- an expansion of the existing
warehouse,
- a new guard tower, and
- a secure central courtyard.
The Miami
Correctional Facility currently holds more than 3,400 prisoners in a compound
that incorporates sophisticated state-of-the-art technology and security
systems.
*A project of SchenkelShultz Architecture Fort Wayne, now Elevatus Architecture