DLR Group is an integrated design firm that believes in collaborative, interdisciplinary teams to produce sustainable design excellence. They have extensive experience in justice architecture, having ranked in the top 10 firms for justice work and completed over $6 billion in justice projects. Their design philosophy is to listen, design, and deliver through true collaboration to elevate the human experience.

1. Detention

2. Elevate the human experience through design.

3. INTRODUCTION
DLR Group believes integrated design is the practice of early collaboration in order to produce sustainable design excellence.
At the core of an integrated design firm are collaborative, interdisciplinary teams composed of all project life cycle stakeholders. These teams champion true
collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to elevate design. The outcome is
sustainable design of a high performance building for a sustainable future.

4. RECOGNITION
BD World Architecture
BD World Architecture
BD World Architecture
ARCHITECT Magazine 2012
Architectural Record 2014
#10
#1
#5
#15
#24

5. Building Design + Construction
BD World Architecture
AIA ACEC ASHRAE ASID CEFPI DBIA IIDA NSBA SCUP ICSC McGraw-Hill
Building Design + Construction
#1
#3
#155
#12

6. SERVICES
Engineering
MEP
Structural
Energy
InteriorS
Programming
FF&E
Branded Environments
Architecture
Integrated Design
BIM Modeling
Architecture 2030
Planning
Master Planning
Space Planning
Facilities Assessment
Optimization
Commissioning
Energy Modeling
Energy Master Planning

7. SUSTAINABILITY
signatory (out of 165 firms) to the AIA
2030 Commitment. Firms commit to
steer the industry to achieve net-zero
design and construction for all buildings
by the year 2030.
of those 165 firms to submit our
Sustainability Action Plan for meeting
the Commitment targets.
DLR Group is a member of the United
States Green Building Council, with
one of the highest numbers of LEED
Accredited staff (as a percentage of
total staff) amongst large firms.
DLR Group believes in Architecture
2030 and is an adopter of the 2030
Challenge as a critical target for design
and construction.
We’re helping lead the design
and construction industry
toward achieving carbon
neutrality by the year 2030.
!14th
1st

8. BRAND PROMISE
How we do it
When we listeN
we learn.
The client knows it.
There is trust.
You feel it.
When we deliver
there are no obstacles.
Only solutions.
Clients are championed.
Teammates are celebrated.
Everyone wins.
When we design
a dream becomes reality.
There is collaboration.
Great things happen.
Elevate the human
experience through design.
listen.DESIGN.deliver

9. REACH
DLR Group staffs 600+ professionals in its many offices located throughout the United States and abroad. DLR Group operates with a business structure and
a culture of interoffice workload sharing. The people with whom you work are directly backed by the firm’s entire resources, enabling us to immediately and
effectively scale our teams to meet your needs.
Office Locations
Chicago
Colorado Springs
Denver
Des Moines
Honolulu
Houston
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Lincoln
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
Orlando
Omaha
Pasadena
Phoenix
Portland
Riverside
Sacramento
Seattle
Tucson
Washington DC
Shanghai
Dubai
Project Locations
Azerbaijan
Canada
China
Costa Rica
India
Kenya
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
UAE

10. DETENTION
DLR Group Justice+Civic design experts don’t just follow trends – we test and set new benchmarks for excellence. We dig deeper than the simple question of
“What kind of facility do you need?” We partner with federal, state and county officials, and with local agencies to pose the critical questions that define the
spirit of justice architecture.
• How do we approach this community’s social challenges?
• What solutions create the greatest benefit to society?
• How should we balance community-based directives with evidence-based practices?
• How does the design of a contemporary judicial system respect traditional images of justice?
Such dialogue expresses the heartbeat of our design philosophy: listen.DESIGN.deliver. Through this philosophy we embrace the full continuum of justice
architecture: Corrections, Courts, Public Safety, and Civic facilities.
As World Leaders in justice architecture, our experience is reflected in the following facts:
• Ranked in the top 10 firms for Justice Architect in eight of the past 10 years (BD World Architecture)
• Ranked #4 State Government Design Firm (Giants 300 Report, Building Design+Construction)
• Ranked #5 Court Designers (Giants 300 Report, Building Design+Construction)
• More than $6 billion in justice construction volume
• More than 30 million square feet of completed projects
• More than 100,000 total corrections beds in the past 10 years

12. DETENTION EXPERTS
Dave Boehm, National Detention Leader
Phoenix
Darrell Stelling
SACRAMENTO
Martin Berglund
Omaha
Jake Davis
Chicago
Bill Valdez
SEATTLE
Tim Gibson
Orlando
Andy Cupples
Santa Monica
Joseph Haines
Omaha
Gregg Williams
Santa Monica
Larry Smith
Phoenix
Erica Loynd
SEATTLE
Dan Sandall
Santa Monica

13. listen.DESIGN.deliver®
Dave
BOEHM
BILL
VALDEZ
DARRELL
STELLING
TIM
GIBSON
Martin
Berglund
JAKE
DAVIS
Andy
Cupples
erica
loynd
Joesph
haines
Dan
Sandall
Gregg
Williams
larry
smith

14. Client:
State of Tennessee
Location:
Pikeville, TN
Design Achievement:
The Bledsoe County Correctional Complex addresses Tennessee's projected statewide need for
an additional 2,500 beds by 2015. DLR Group's design delivers an efficient and safe corrections
environment to successfully manage inmate populations while separating differing security
classification levels. The medium/maximum facility features a central circulation path known as
The Boulevard, with all services necessary for normal daily operations such as visitation, dining,
education, medical, and vocational training accessible to inmates along a single linear building
structure. The Boulevard is monitored by officers from an elevated observation area with housing
units directly across the boulevard. An adjacent, standalone facility for minimum security inmates
contains three buildings clustered around a central common area for inmate access. Dormitory style
housing creates a more open and rewarding living arrangement for minimum security inmates.
Bledsoe County
Correctional Complex

17. Scope Summary:
The facility is a 459,117 SF prison consisting of 23 buildings and five housing units, with individual
buildings for administration, security, visitation, infirmary, cafeteria, and work programs. It houses
1,444 bed medium and maximum security beds and an adjacent, standalone 300-bed minimum
security facility on 51 acres. The medium security unit contains a 40,000 SF inmate education and
treatment space and additional inmate services are offered within each facility. Within the secure
perimeter, a central core building houses all required inmate services, including education, food
service, central laundry, infirmary, intake, visitation, and administrative services. Energy costs are
reduced by using 580 geo-thermal wells that circulate air underground at a consistent temperature
for heating and cooling. DLR Group provided planning, programming, and architecture services.

18. Client:
Hancock County
Location:
Bay St. Louis, MS
Design Achievement:
This new Public Safety Complex for Hancock County replaces a facility that was completely destroyed
in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina. DLR Group's design creates three distinct functional components of
the County's justice system, namely the sheriff's department, county jail, and a justice court. The
facility is organized around a central public entrance court as a unifying architectural focal point and
common circulation area. An entry court provides ample space for large number of people to gather
before and after weekly scheduled court hearings, as well as a central entry point for public access.
The sheriff's department houses spaces for the law enforcement function of the county, and includes
a community room available to the public on a scheduled basis. Centrally located at the apex of
the building circulation corridors is Master Control, which monitors the jail, but also functions as a
reception desk for the public. This helps reduce the overall staffing required for the facility. DLR Group
also composed a master plan detailing future expansion of all three building components.
Hancock Public Safety Complex

21. Scope Summary:
The largest part of the 98,970 SF building is the county jail, which has a capacity of 300
inmates and provides all services, such as medical, kitchen, laundry, and inmate programs.
The jail design operates in a podular indirect supervision style, but is designed to allow for
transition to a direct supervision model in the future. The jail uses video visitation enabling
the public to visit with inmates via a video monitor system accessible from the public lobby.
This feature eliminates the need to escort inmates and public back and forth from a common
area, preventing opportunities to introduce contraband into the building. DLR Group provided
planning and architecture services. Perez, APC of New Orleans was the Architect of Record.

22. Client:
South Correctional Entity
Location:
Des Moines, WA
Design Achievement:
South Correctional Entity (SCORE) detention facility embodies conscientious investment in the
public's greater good. DLR Group's design integrates the building into a forested setting near an
adjacent creek, articulating a glass-front entry face to create a positive civic presence to staff and
public visitors approaching the building. Beyond this front-door civic identity, the design makes
effective use of public investment through choices affecting operational flexibility, facilities scope
and construction cost choices that reduce the cost per-bed per day to 30 percent below normal
rates in the area. The SCORE project sets a new standard for responsible investment in public safety
for communities.
SCORE Jail

25. Scope Summary:
The 164,000 SF SCORE Jail scope encompasses the design of a new 802 bed regional jail for a
public development authority that will operate the jail as an autonomous public agency serving
seven Washington cities (Auburn, Burien, Des Moines, Federal Way, Renton, SeaTac and Tukwila).
Program spaces include a business unit, staff services and training, intake with separate in-
out circulation, 28-bed medical infirmary, medical clinic, programs, laundry, shops, food service,
video arraignment, video visiting and 14 classifications of housing. DLR Group provided planning,
programming, architecture, interiors, and engineering services.

26. Client:
Seminole County
Location:
Sanford, FL
Design Achievement:
In master planning and designing this expansion to the John E. Polk Correctional Facility in Seminole
County, the team identified several challenges on the existing site including proximity to an existing
wetland, proximity to multiple county facilities including the courthouse, and a neighboring local
community college. DLR Group's design responds to these challenges by keeping the perimeter of the
jail secure while creating buildings that reflect a more vibrant look and style of the community college
next door. The new centralized booking/intake facility allowed the old intake spaces to be returned
to administrative purposes in the admin building. This new facility also contains a secured vehicle
sallyport and new transfer/release holding and bonding areas.
John E. Polk
Correctional Facility Expansion

29. Scope Summary:
The scope of this expansion included a new three-story housing unit, new booking/intake
facility, expansion to the central energy plant for a total of 100,800 SF of new construction. In
addition, the existing booking area, food service and laundry areas were renovated to expand
the capacity of services for the anticipated growth of the facility over the next 20 years. The
inmate housing unit contains six 72-bed housing units for a total of 432 inmate beds including
a new centralized officer zone office. Each housing pod is an open dormitory unit utilizing
a direct supervision model of operation in which the correctional officers are in direct 24-
hour contact with the inmates. All inmate services are directly accessible from the dayroom
including recreation, toilets/showers, medical services and inmate programs. DLR Group
provided correctional planning and architecture services for the expansion in association with
HKS Architects.

30. Client:
Oregon Department of Corrections
Location:
Madras, OR
Design Achievement:
The Oregon Department of Corrections Deer Ridge Correctional Institution is a medium custody
prison housing medium and minimum security male offenders. DLR Group's design places a separate
minimum facility campus adjacent to the main institution, which allows the facilities to share
resources, including staff and services. DLR Group used site organization to situate housing units,
programs and services, work and recreational facilities facing onto an exterior mall configuration.
Within prison safety and security parameters, the clearly defined mall simulates real-life interaction
as inmates move about and use dedicated storefronts to access prison services. This approach
creates a physical space reflecting a functional inmate community and encouraging social behaviors
conducive to rehabilitation.
Deer Ridge Correctional Institution

33. Scope Summary:
This facility is approximately 600,000 SF and houses 2,200 inmates. It includes medical services,
religious services, programs, intake, laundry, food services, dining hall, canteen, administration,
and visiting. Housing levels include minimum security dormitories, medium security dormitories,
medium security celled housing, security segregation, and special needs cells. Sustainable design
concepts combine with correctional design innovations to provide healthy spaces connected to
the outdoors, a secure normative environment and fiscal responsibility through compact site
layout minimizing impact to the local ecology. DLR Group provide planning, architecture, and
engineering services.

34. Client:
Maricopa County
Location:
Phoenix, AZ
Design Achievement:
One of the country's largest county jails, the Maricopa County Lower Buckeye Jail houses 1,808
inmates in a three-story maximum-security tower and two-story mainframe facility. DLR Group's
design incorporates three separately operated facilities into one structure that allows these units to
efficiently share common services. This includes adult males, remanded juveniles, and psychiatric
populations. In addition to inmate housing, the jail has a visitor reception area that gives access
to a large video visitation center where visits with inmates occur via video monitor and phone.
Separate small contact visitation areas allow for secured visits with inmates in maximum, minimum,
psychiatric, and infirmary housing units.
Maricopa County
Lower Buckeye Jail

37. Scope Summary:
The scope of work centered on a new 670,000 SF jail facility. Additionally, an adjacent Central
Services Facility provides services for the entire Maricopa County adult and juvenile inmate
populations. A 120,000 SF Food Factory delivers up to 40,000 meals per day to the other 12
Maricopa County detention facilities. In order to handle the volume of foods produced, the
Food Factory operates 24/7 with three shifts operating six hours at a time. A 60-bed infirmary,
pharmacy and specialty medical clinics serve the entire Maricopa County inmate population.
DLR Group provided planning, architecture, and engineering services.

38. Client:
Oregon Department of Corrections
Location:
Sherwood, OR
Design Achievement:
Oregon Department of Corrections needed a multi-custody prison for the state's female population.
In addition, Oregon also wanted to create a state-wide intake center for all inmates. DLR Group's
design for the new correctional facility incorporates the needs by co-locating the intake center, high
and medium custody women's prison, and a women's minimum prison on a single site. Coffee Creek
is a single building solution to a typically multiple building facility that affords several benefits:
decreased travel distances for staff and inmates, decreased inmate movements, staffing efficiency
for both direct and indirect supervision styles, and a simple, single spine floor plan allowing ease
of navigation. The design also reduces both first-costs and life-cycle costs through engineering
design innovations which contributed to the facility receiving the Platinum Earth Advantage Award
from Portland General Electric. The Coffee Creek facility is 40 percent more energy efficient than the
Oregon Code requires, an amazing achievement for a facility that operates 24 hours a day, every day
of the year.
Coffee Creek
Correctional Facility

41. Scope Summary:
The women's prison consists of a 40-bed high custody unit designed to expand to 80 beds.
There are two 108-bed medium custody units; one medium custody dormitory and one medium
honor unit. Each of the units have program, educational, and some vocational areas adjacent
to the dayrooms. The new complex also includes a separate minimum campus adjacent to the
main facility, which houses 540 inmates at full build-out. There are four 108-bed dormitories and
two 54-bed drug and alcohol treatment housing units. Placing the minimum facility adjacent
to the medium creates efficiencies through sharing functions. The Intake Center includes an
intake processing center for all inmates entering the correctional system, four 108 bed intake
housing units, and adjacent program space. DLR Group provided planning, architecture, and
engineering services.

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