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Judicial / Correctional
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ARCHITECTURE THAT IS AT ONCE EFFICIENT AND ENNOBLING.
IT SPEAKS TO THE REDEMPTIVE POWER OF ARCHITECTURE, AN ART THAT CAN ENCOURAGE HEALING AS WELL AS ENFORCE PUNISHMENT, TOUGH LOVE - TOUGH BEAUTY . . . Blair Kamin, Chicago Tribune Architectural Critic |
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Cook County Maximum Security Facility, Division XI
31st and California Boulevards Chicago, IL 60608 New construction of the largest Cook County Jail- Division XI a maximum security facility of 1600 inmate capacity, on a 17-acre site in Chicago, on the east and outside the correctional perimeter of the campus. Designed to minimize long corridors, breakdown to (4) 400-capacity independent units to house diverse population, doubled with a main central master control. Designed FF&E and Medical Equipment (in collaboration with OWPP) Area: 685,000 SF on 17.5 acres site Completed: 1995 Cost: $ 95 million Owner: Cook County Capital Planning |
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