The new Blue Earth County Justice Center will go down as one of the biggest in Blue Earth County history, and offers several features that give a hint of just how much of a new age courts, law enforcement have come into.
A terrific photo slideshow by John Cross gives one an idea of some of these features in an easy to digest way. Go to it at: http://is.gd/ztTi. In the planning stages for years, the project also is the focus of a 12-page special section in The Free Press print edition today.
The justice center will be high-tech and green. It will have state of the art holding cells, a whole section for women only prisoners. Monitoring of cell blocks will be by video monitor in a central location, while at the same time 1/2 hourly checks on prisoners.
There are work stations for officers filling out their reports, a gun cleaning area and lots of customer service areas for courts criminal and civil activities.
It does seem like it consolidates a lot of related government activities in one place. Though Mankato Police decided not to go into the project because of differences with site location (Mankato wanted downtown), other county-related activities involving courts, probation and sheriff's office will be located in a one-stop shop.
Sounds like a tour would be well worth the time. Tours are:
Friday 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Sunday 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Tuesday 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
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