Welcome to Weekly Connections! Here is your summary of key updates from the justice industry for the week of April 13.

Let’s get started with project updates:

• New York City opened its first Outposted Therapeutic Housing Unit, a 104-bed facility at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, designed for people in custody with complex medical needs.
• Commissioners in Montgomery County, Texas, met to discuss options for replacing the county’s jail, with proposals ranging from a $200 million acquisition to a new $976.8 million facility.
• Construction of the new $97.5 million Madison County Jail in Indiana is progressing on track and under budget, with completion expected in October.
• The Harris County Sheriff’s Office in Texas announced the partial opening of a new 960-bed medical wing at the 1200 Baker Street Jail in Houston.
• A groundbreaking ceremony was held last week for the new $35 million Colbert County Justice Center in Alabama.

Next, in legislation and funding:

• The Ohio Controlling Board approved the release of almost $30 million in capital funding from the Ohio Department of Youth Services to support the construction of a new community correctional facility in Cuyahoga County.

Moving on to people and company news:

• Sletten Construction Company has named Jeremy Miller as the company’s new Preconstruction Division Manager.
• Real-time location systems provider Actall Corporation announced that Stephen Manifold has been named fractional Chief Marketing Officer.
• Technology company Vant4ge has partnered with global professional services firm Guidehouse to deliver integrated, AI-enabled solutions for public sector agencies.
• Modular and steel solutions provider VITALSpace announced that it has added custom guard booth and protective enclosure manufacturer B.I.G. Enterprises to its company portfolio.

Up next in construction reports:

• Merced County, Calif., is seeking bids from contractors for the adaptive reuse and interior modernization of a facility to support behavioral health services, with bids due April 30.
• Waupaca County, Wis., has issued an RFP to vendors to replace and upgrade door, intercom, and utility systems at the Waupaca County Jail, with bids due May 11.

And finishing this week with events:

• The National Commission on Correctional Healthcare’s Spring Conference on Correctional Healthcare opens this Saturday and runs through April 21 in New Orleans.
• Next week, the International Corrections and Prisons Association’s Prison Technology and Design Conference will take place in Rabat, Morocco from April 21–24.

For more details or to access the links mentioned, check out our podcast show notes at correctionalnews.com/podcast.