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The Cook County Department of Corrections, Division XI,
Maximum Security Facility (jail) houses approximately
1,600 inmates in 800 cells. This new jail complex is a
maximum security facility located on approximately 17.5
acres, on the northeast corner of California and 31st
Boulevards, in the City of Chicago.
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The jail
facility is unique in that it has been designed
to function as four separate 400-bed mini-jail "pods,"
with a central "core," which is the nerve
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The "core"
holds all centralized activities for the four mini-jail
pods, as well as a central control system which monitors
inmate and non-inmate activities without penetrating the
individual pod inmate security areas.
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This prototype modular
design lends itself to decentralization of routine, daily
inmate activities, and yet efficiently centralized all
scheduled inmate functions, resulting in reduced staffing.
Each min-jail "pod"
consists of two, two tier units. Both tiers function
as decentralized areas, with activities taking place
within the individual housing pods. Each tier is made
up of four housing pods (48 inmates each), has its own
control center, and is accessible to a separate visitors
wing, which allows secure authorized visitation.
The "core"
houses the centralized services for all users including
the inmates, the staff and the public. Each group's
activities are distinctly separated so that they do
not interfere with one another.
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