The City of New York Department
for Department of Correction
800-Bed Floating Detention Facility, Rikers Island New York
Gonchor, designed the 800-bed medium and maximum security Floating Detention Facility. The first of its kind to be built specifically as a detention center, the facility was developed to ease New York City's overcrowded jail condition. The design of this vessel, which is moored in the Bronx, articulates the scale, function and the construction methods inherent to the shipbuilding industry.
The Floating Detention Facility measures 625 feet long, 125 feet wide and five levels inmate including a mezzanine and rood decks. Programmatic components include inmate housing units, administrative and staff support facilities, a ful service kitchen, health and social services, library, educational aea, shops, storage, a multi-purpose room/gynamsium and 12,000 square feet of rooftop outdoor recreation.
Inmate housing facilities consist of 700 medium security beds in 14 dormitory-style units and 100 maximum security beds in two units of 50 cells each. Satellite control rooms provide staff with clear sight lines to inmate occupied areas, doors, sallyports, and enterances to all housing units. Dormitories and cells recieve natural light from fixed windows with security glazing and screens.
Services
Programming
Architecture
Interior Design
Construction Cost
$130,000,000
Square Footage
310,00
Completion Date
1991
Design/Build Team
The Office of David E.
Leibowitz
