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The INDEPENDENT, January 3, 2001
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work hours prevent them from
being in the bulding at meal
time. There are accommoda
tions for 24 male and 12 female
inmates on work release sta
tus.
“Value engineering” was the
key to stretching the budget for
the jail, according to Sheriff’s
Sergeant Jim Carpeter. For in
stance, hundreds of square
feet of space that would usual
ly be required for storage was
eliminated by using mobile
storage units. The units are on
wheels and can be rolled
against each other, requiring
only one movable aisle per
storage room.
A video arraignment room is
included, too, which will reduce
the time officers must now
spend escorting inmates to and
from court. Though this didn’t
reduce the building cost, it will
help control transportation ex
pense and officers’ time. The
Sheriff’s Office has tried to find
grant funding in order to extend
the video conferencing to all
police departments in the
county, but hasn’t yet been
successful.
The new facility isn’t fancy.
The cost of furnishings was re
duced by using the same furni
ture throughout all of the of
fices. Stainless steel is the pri
mary material in all inmate ar
eas - tables, benches bunks,
sinks, toilets, etc. But it has all
of those special spaces that
don’t exist in the old jail and
sheriff’s office: evidence pro
cessing room and evidence
lockers, weapons racks, inter
view rooms, accident recon
struction office, handicapped
accessible visiting rooms, in
mate commissary, infirmary, in
mate library and much more.
Events scheduled for the
opening include free public
tours, a Jail House Rock Party,
and a Jail House Bed & Break
fast. Tours will be held through
out the day Saturday starting at
9:00 a.m. The tours will last ap
proximately 45 minutes, with
the last tour starting at 3:00 p.m.
No reservations are needed.
Friday evening, the public is
invited to attend a Jail House
Rock Party. The party includes
dinner, live music from the
Northwest Passages band, a
commemorative shirt—and a
mug shot. The reception will
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to spend the night in jail — on a voluntary basis
Bedding and clothing will be laundered in the jail and put on
racks that can be rolled right into the cell pods. There are
enough racks and enough room to keep the freshly laun
dered items on the racks instead of having to handle them
three times by first putting them on the racks, then onto
shelves, then back on the racks for distribution.
Nutritional awareness resulted in the selection of convection
ovens instead of deep fat fryers. Convection ovens also
cook food more quickly than conventional ovens, requiring
less energy.
Meals will be dished up from this service table, put on trays
and delivered to inmates from a spacious, modern kitchen.
Nerve center for the new facility is this open area that allows
a direct view into the cell pods, with cameras to cover areas
lacking a direct view. It is designed so that one person can
monitor all areas and also control all doors except the main
door from the public parking lot.
start at 5:00 p.m., with dinner at
7:00 p.m. There will also be op
portunity to tour the jail and
learn more about the operations.
The cost is $30 per person.
For an additional $5, atten
dees may take advantage of an
overnight in jail, with a tasty jail
breakfast in the morning. No,
the cells won’t be locked.
Proceeds from the activities
will benefit the Columbia Coun
ty Women’s Resource Center
or the Columbia County Food
Bank.
To make reservations for the
party or the overnight, call Con
nie Dingeman in Scappoose at
503-543-5748, Lori Piercy in
Rainier at 1-503-556-0930, or
Debbie Rodgers at the jail, 1-
503-366-5954.
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