Special security measures have been implemented to address the uniqueness of having male prisoners working at a female facility. First, the construction area is fenced off from the remainder of the facility. Also, screening has been added to fences that separate the construction site from the rest of the prison. Another new security measure is a remote control device that can shut down any piece of heavy machinery if it gets too close to a fence in construction area. In addition to staff supervising the inmates on the ground, there are also three towers staffed with correctional officers adjacent to the site.
Armed officers staff the two towers outside the construction areas.
The inmates who work on the construction projects are carefully screened to ensure that we have the right inmates on the right site. The inmate construction program began in 1993. Since its inception, inmates have built dormitories at three facilities, a manufacturing plant for Correction Enterprises and are completing a renovation of a Department of Correction office and storage complex in Apex. In addition, the inmate construction program workers have built numerous high-tech perimeter fences throughout the state. All rights reserved.