project description

Size: 54,000 SF

Scope: Architect of Record

Original Project Budget: $20,000,000

Final Construction Cost: $22,593,000

Project Completion: August 2024

Redstone Team: Daniel Redstone, FAIA

Detention Consultant: Elevatus Architecture

Contractor: E & L Construction Group

Client Contact:
Rhona R. Ihm, Family Division Administrator
Genesee County
7th Circuit Court
(810) 768-7088

Number of Staff: 50

The new juvenile detention facility was designed upon an Evidence Based Model and includes day treatment and detention components. The facility consists of classroom and therapy spaces, full- service prep kitchen/cafeteria, gymnasium and exterior recreation space, shared administration and clerical area, Central Security Control and three separate housing pods. Each pod includes a classroom, day room, meeting and office spaces, along with 16 beds.

The new facility is located adjacent to the existing GVRC to the west on Pasadena Avenue and was completed in the spring of 2024 with an official opening in August.