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Contact: Barbara J. Bogo
Oldcastle Precast Modular Group
215.453.3605
Barbara.bogo@oldcastleprecast.com
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CCA USING OLDCASTLE
PRECAST PRISON CELLS TO DOUBLE INMATE CAPACITY AT CITRUS COUNTY FACILITY
March 2006 Telford,PA
/ Citrus County,FL: To alleviate inmate crowding, Citrus County
is adding 360 beds to its 398-bed jail in Lecanto, Florida. Corrections
Corporation of America -CCA is building the $18.5 million detached
2-story, 360-bed housing unit for the county. The new unit will house
U.S. Marshals Service inmates until the county needs the beds. In
addition to the housing unit, the facility expansion will include
a partially covered outdoor recreation area and a detached medical
building.
Oldcastle Precast Modular
Group is manufacturing, outfitting with furniture and fixtures and
erecting the 180 precast concrete prison cells and 6 precast shower
modules that will make up the new inmate housing unit. Oldcastle will
produce the precast cells at their sister facility in Jacksonville,
FL. This inmate housing expansion marks Oldcastle's third prison project
with Corrections Corporation of America.
The general contractor
for this project is Moss & Associates of Florida and the Architect
of Record is the DLR Group of Nebraska.
Oldcastle Precast Modular
Group, a leader in the manufacturing of precast concrete products,
operates over 70 manufacturing plants nationwide. For additional information
visit our website at www.opmg.com or call 215.257.2255