This prototype program and design were requested by the State of Utah to meet the rapidly expanding and changing needs of youth corrections throughout the three regions. Each region needed several multi-use facilities in which detention, observation, assessment, and youth services programs could be delivered in one compact, flexible facility. The prototype program allows for each location to receive a specifically tailored design while maintaining consistent design requirements for each new facility. The design solution radiates all components from the central control room from which a single operator can see and control the entire facility and the secure exercise yard.
Detention is fully visible to the right.
Just behind but clearly visible are the gym, the additional detention pod of 16 beds, and the future chapel. The prototype establishes the basic chassis of 14 detention beds and 4 attention beds, a support wing and a separate administrative building. An addition to the attention wing and a secure partition adds 8 beds to enable an Observation and Assessment component to provide 8 beds of semi-secure space with their own program spaces. At the same time, detention would expand to 2 more beds for a total of 32 beds. The gymnasium component can be plugged into any size facility, as can the chapel.