Video teleconferencing allowed the visitors center to be built outside the secured perimeter of the jail.
The Sherburne visitation system includes 30 public visiting booths, 27 inmate booths, three mobile stations, one control station and two VCRs for recording or playing informational videos. Video visitation connects visitor and inmate through two cameras, two monitors and a central control computer.
Because the visitors never penetrate the secured portion of the jail facility, the construction costs associated with building secure facilities is reduced.
Fewer staff is needed because visitors do not need to be escorted into the secured portion of the facility. Plus, there is no way for contraband to be exchanged between visitors and inmates.
The main disadvantages for this method are that the initial cost of equipment and installation is expensive and the visitation is no longerface-to-face.
The video conferencing visitors station was part of a $9.5-million project, including a 60-bed addition to the existing jail including sheriff's and government offices totaling 59,657 sf, and a remodeling of the existing facilities totaling 45,372 sf. A 63,231-sf addition was recently completed at a cost of $9.4 million. Adolphson and Peterson were the construction managers for the work.
Minneapolis-based KKE Architects is a 175-person, full-service architectural, planning, interior design firm with a variety of specialties.
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