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Although unnerving, it is not an uncommon occurrence for me to meet up with prisoners (in-custody defendants) face-to-face while waiting for an elevator in courthouses. Typically, when this happens, the elevator doors open and I am directed by court security personnel to step aside while the...

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Today, in the fourth installment in my eight-part series on quantitative measures used in courthouse planning, I am exploring the criterion of courthouse security– the security features in the courthouse, including secured and restricted circulation patterns, prisoner holding areas, and sallyports.

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In my previous post about courthouse mailrooms, I reviewed standards for central mailrooms in new court facilities. In this article, I will suggest how an upgraded courthouse mailroom might be done in an existing courthouse.

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After the terrorist attacks of September 2001 and the anthrax contamination occurrences in federal mail-handling facilities in October 2001, the federal courts developed a new approach to achieve more rigorously controlled mailrooms. This enhanced approach was based on the central premise that all...

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This is the third and final installment in our series on applying Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements in courthouse renovation projects. In the two previous courthouse accessibility posts, I discussed accessibility requirements as they apply to the main courthouse entrance and the...

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