Corrections / Justice

Project Profile: Essex County Jail, Newark NJ

Project: Security, Life Safety, and Communications Design

Client: Essex County Improvement Authority

Construction Value: $416 Million

Scope of Work: Professional Systems Engineering, LLC provided design and engineering for cutting edge technologies for this newly constructed $416 million facility with a capacity to house more than 2,200 inmates. PSE prepared systems design and consulting services for the four-story, one million square foot facility.

The $11 million electronics award combined with $10 million in infrastructure and $11 million in detention hardware made this project one of the most impressive security designs of the late 1990’s.

Planning /Design

• Jail, correctional, and justice consulting
• Planning and professional estimating services
• Security and communications site planning
• 2,800-bed facility site security and communications master plan
• Life safety analysis of cells for NFPA/UL approval
• Detention control, security, door security, and fencing
• CCTV surveillance including several digital systems
  

Communications

• CCTV surveillance including several digital systems
• Site MATV and CATV distribution
• Communications including outside plant services
• Wireless RF staff duress/panic alarm with emergency response
• Telecommunications including all infrastructure layouts
• Commissioning and close-out services
• Planning for 75 touch control stations
• Biometric access control
• Combination biometric and digital video watch tour