When: Tuesday September 11, 2012, social 11:30, Lunch noon, program will begin at about 12:30

Where: BEST WESTERN PLUS Tacoma Dome Hotel, 2611 East E Street, Tacoma, WA 98421, (Sonic Meeting Room)

Cost: $25

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The $230 million dollar Coyote Ridge Corrections Center (CRCC) expansion is a state-of-the-art, 2,048 bed prison. Located in Connell, Washington, the prison has 570,573 square feet of inmate-housing and support space designed to minimize operating costs while maintaining security and maximizing the opportunity for offender rehabilitation.

The prison represents a new concept in incarceration to reduce construction and operating costs and the environmental footprint. From the outside, CRCC is a typical medium-security prison. However four of the housing units are an innovative “hybrid” design, allowing more freedom of movement to inmates who behave well, but cannot qualify for housing in lower cost minimum-security facilities. The hybrid interior is finished with metal studs and sheetrock; saving $3 million per unit compared to a conventional medium unit. These buildings require fewer custody officers; saving $700,000 per year.

Support buildings include a medical facility, a state-of-the-art electronic control center that can see and control any part of the prison, a food preparation and serving area, a full-campus five megawatt backup power system, a visitor center, exercise and classroom facilities, an administrative office complex, and maintenance and warehouse facilities.