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Orange County Detention Center 11 Preliminary Report - New Facility Requirements Steve Allan, Solutions for Local Government ■ The 20 -year inmate bed requirements identified for development required the analysis of total jail admissions and daily population data (by month) for the years 2006 -2013. The ratio relationships of each of these data sets together with the County's general populations for the years studied were calculated and studied. ■ Projections of future inmate populations, utilizing the ratio relationships identified, were applied against future annual County populations as projected by the NC Office of Budget & Management (which were found to be consistent with those developed by the Orange County Planning Department), and resulted in an estimate of future (20 year) inmate bed requirements; and, subsequently, new jail space requirements. ■ The Orange County Sheriff's Department contracts with the United States Marshal's Service ( "USMS ") to house federal inmates. This fact impacts housing projections. ■ If the calculations for future year inmate requirements did not include federal inmates, the 2033 requirements for Orange County "resident" inmates would be 141 beds. ■ The basis for the recommendation of 216 beds and the sizing of the associated facility requirements that follow was the projected number of County resident inmate beds, plus 75 male beds per the USMS contract; 141 + 75 = 216 beds. Detention facility construction techniques allow for flexibility in housing unit capacity and utilization as well as the ability to add capacity at a later time without adding additional fixed core facilities. ■ While a more detailed cost /cost benefit analysis is pending completion at this time for application and inclusion in the formal Facility Program document; the number of beds recommended for development and the corresponding square footage and associated costs are valid. And, unless modified by the County, will not be exceeded. ■ Three notes with regards to the existing contract with the USMS: o The current USMS contract has been in effect since the fall 1982. The revenue generated per federal inmate /per day reimbursement fees, Jail Commissary profits, and including man hours and mileage reimbursement to the Sheriff's Department for transport of these contracted inmates have for 2012 and 2013 averaged approximately $1.9 million dollars /year; which does not include the costs paid by the USMS for medical treatment that its inmates received outside the Jail while in custody of the County. 0 2013 average net income to Orange County from the USMS relationship was approximately $268,000.