Specifications

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SPECIFICATIONS (CONTINUED)
BACKGROUND
Harris County is the nation’s third most populous county with nearly 4.1 million (4,070,989) according to
2009 estimates by the U.S. Census bureau. Harris County has a larger population than 24 states. The city
of Houston is the county seat.
The Harris County Juvenile Justice Center (JJC) is located at 1200 Congress Houston, Texas 77002. The
building houses a secure juvenile detention facility, administrative offices and court services operations of
the Harris County Juvenile Probation Department.
The Juvenile Detention Center (JDC) is situated within the Harris County Juvenile Justice Center (JJC).
The JDC is a secure 24/7 facility. It provides short-term housing for youth ages 10 through 17 whose
circumstances require their detainment pending an appearance in Juvenile Court and for youth pending
administrative processing. The JDC has single room housing capacity for 250 youth. The facility is located
in the east wing of the Juvenile Justice Center wherein youth housing and activity areas encompass six (6)
floors.
The facility make-up is as follows:
Multi-purpose activity rooms
Medical Services operations areas
Visitation areas and meeting rooms
Operations control booths
Staff offices
Gymnasium
Intake area
Corridors
Hallways
Lobbies
Stairwells
Elevators
Courtrooms
DEFINITIONS
The following definitions shall apply to this RFP in all sections:
HCJPD reference in all sections: Harris County Juvenile Probation Department
JJC reference in all sections: Harris County Juvenile Justice Center
JDC reference in all sections: Harris County Juvenile Detention Center
SEC references in all sections: Security Electronics Cabinet
TSP references in all sections: Transient Surge Protection
SAD references in all sections: Silicon Avalanche Diodes
MOV references in all sections: Metal Oxide Varistor
SAW references in all sections: Surface Acoustic Wave
DVS references in all sections: Digital Voice System (text to speech)