Beginning in 2015, Escambia County began planning for the construction of a new Correctional Facility. In June 2021, the County occupied Phase 1 of a New Correctional Facility complex with an inmate capacity up to approximately 850 beds in both linear and podular detention formats designed with the security and well-being of incarcerated individuals in mind, while providing robust rehabilitation and treatment programming. Phase 1 of the overall project provided for the central core administration, program, and support spaces. Phase 2 of the project will provide space for another 1200 inmate beds. The Project scope is subject to further refinement upon completion of needs assessment as part of the planning design process.

The County intends to advance the project forward this year by soliciting proposals for professional services to include an Owner’s Representative (“OR”), Architectural Design and Engineering, other various Owner’s Consultants. Owner's Representative services would include, at a minimum, primary construction administration and management, oversight, and collaborative responsibility for delivering Escambia County a new Correctional Facility (“the Project”) during planning, design, construction, commissioning, and occupancy for the Project.

The overall objective will be to achieve 100% construction documents with the intention of beginning construction groundbreaking in the fourth quarter of 2023 and building occupancy to follow by the fourth quarter of 2026, although this timeline may be modified.