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Show : ;' : If - . j ' I : r i U , .... , , , : . a . rH' f T jv 'vf ' - - : - . , r t .A - Mmt r : ' i ,i . Ml' : ! ;! 'I' - ' i ' ! ... - 1 - : - i -: , ' j ' . c. ... " It may have been a bit chilly but key players in the design and construction of the new Garfield County Public Safety Facility gathered Friday, Jan. 7 for a ribbon-cutting ceremony. On hand were Scott Hendrickson; Mel Miller, Jail Commander; Com-mander; Allen Julian; Wally Schultzen; Fred Van PANGUITCH Hundreds toured the county's new $4.4 million public safety facility in Panguitch on Friday as the Garfield County Commission hosted an open house. The project, which had been scheduled to start in March was delayed for two and one-half months by Bureau of Land Management N problems, so the first cement was not poured until May 24, 1999. Todd Kitchen, project manager for Sahara, Inc., the Bountiful company com-pany responsible for construction, said there will be a substantial amount of money to return to the county since construction ran less than expected. Kitchen said a certificate of occupancy has been issued so that the jail can be operational while minor last minute der Veer; Commissioner Maloy Dodds; Commissioner Commis-sioner Louise Liston; Al Sparks, Sahara Job Superintendent; Camllle Moore, County Clerk; Commissioner Clare Ramsay; Verlin Smith, Field Manager; Hayes Lock; and Garfield County Sheriff Than Cooper. Hundreds Attend Open House At New County Public Safety Facility finishing touches take place. The new jail has the capacity to house 1 10 prisoners, and some state prisoners will begin arriving next week. They will arrive' at the "sallyport," a semi-secure area where vehicles transporting prisoners pris-oners drive directly inside the building as the big doors close and lock behind them. Prisoners are guarded at at! times as they are moved along a controlled area for processing. Cameras monitor all activities as prisoners, up to 12 at a time, are booked. Cuff rails along the wall can be utilized for prisoners pris-oners waiting while others are being be-ing processed. All doors interlock, so that two doors to a room cannot both be unlocked at the same time. Following the booking process, the prisoners' property is recorded and secured and they are showered and issued new jail clothing and property. They are then moved through a set of doors to the main detention corridor and distributed to different areas of the jail. Security is different for different prisoners varying from light to maximum security. Visitors touring the jail on Friday Fri-day were startled by the amount of glass in the facility actually a plastic product called "Lexan." It is exceptionally strong and cannot be broken even by swinging a heavy sledge hammer for hours. Day rooms are adjacent to each group of cells. Minimum security and work-release prisoners will work in the laundry and help with other duties. The fully equipped state-of-the-art kitchen is designed for efficiency and to handle large quantities of food for inmates and staff. It is located next to the dock area for easy and safe delivery of foods. It has large freezers ", "coolers and a large dry storage area. Prisoners are easily visible in their cells, with two to a cell. Bunks are metal, with two metal desks and steel toilet and sink. Everything is bolted down. Dispatcherjailers are housed in a raised control area with full view of all the cells through one-way glass. Their intricate and complex control board manages a variety of. operations that control cells, etc. They also handle all 911 calls while dispatching deputies and fielding field-ing incoming calls from throughout the county. Dispatchers are able to observe all that is going on in the jail. Dispatcherjailers include Jail Commander Mel Miller, Bob Harris, Har-ris, Arthur Miller, Clint Pierson, Mike Owens, Charlie Cooper, Steve Floyd, Tony Matthew, Mark Henrie, Jason Miller, Lloyd Brink-erhoff, Brink-erhoff, John Orton, Kelvin Allen, Jeremy Henrie, and Brayton Talbot. Doubling as jailerdispatchers along with other duties are Neil Foster who will be in charge of the kitchen and Eric Houston, maintenance. mainte-nance. Rick Irish also serves as a dispatcher. Anyone entering the main front door first encounters a large area designed to' accommodate two (See JAIL on page 6-A) JAIL From Front Page secretaryreceptionists. Currently Denise Dastrup holds one of those positions. There are offices down the hall for Sheriff Than Cooper, his secretary Chris Hatch, local Utah Highway Patrol troopers, an education office, and offices shared by Sgt. Dan Perkins and other deputies. dep-uties. Garfield County Sheriffs deputies depu-ties include Perkins, John Niemann, Nie-mann, Kevin Moore, Ray Gardner and Clint Pollock. Local Utah Highway Patrol Troopers are Paul Bailey and Cole Douglas. Following approval by the receptionist, those visiting prisoners prison-ers proceed past the receptionist where there are four cubicles with Lexan between the visitor and the prisoner through which they can communicate. Kitchen said that there are five levels of state prisoners, with a level one prisoner being the most violent and potentially dangerous. Garfield County plans only to house level 4 and 5 prisoners on contract with the state. Other levels lev-els of prisoners may occasionally be housed if arrested locally, or even an occasional level three from the state. Local deputies and office personnel were busy moving into their new offices on Tuesday, anticipating the arrival of the first group of state prisoners next week. |
