Minnehaha County Jail Expansion

JE Dunn teamed with local contractor Henry Carlson to build a 385-bed, three-story addition plus vertical expansion to the Minnehaha County Jail. The vertical expansion includes four 32-bed dormitory housing units, two inmate recreation spaces, officer control desk, and associated support spaces, along with a mechanical mezzanine.

The addition creates first floor administrative services space for the jail staff, local and county police forces, and judicial branch. A 1,500-square-foot courtroom allows for in-house sentencing. The space also includes offices, conference rooms, roll-call meeting room, locker rooms, catering kitchen break room, public lobby and visitation space, and an outdoor patio. A vehicle sally port, intake area, 60 bed transitional housing, inmate recreation areas, and officer control areas are included on the new first floor. The Master Control Room was relocated to the new addition and will serve both the new facility and the existing building.

The second floor consists of medical spaces, an inmate-run laundry program, 96 beds, and jail administrative space. The project also includes the remodeling of an existing inmate recreation space and a new corridor connection from the existing control desk to the new addition on the second floor. The third floor consists of 176 jail beds, and mechanical mezzanine level.