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We are justice design leadersWe have a passion for justice designWe have an in-depth understanding of the need to create an environment that promotes rehabilitation. GHC’s design team includes firm CEO, Gerald D. “Jerry” Hebert, II, AIA, and firm Secretary/Treasurer, Adam L. Fishbein, AIA, Jerry and Adam are key players in the justice industry. Jerry is a Commissioner for the ACA Commission on Accreditations for Corrections Standard Committee, Past-Chairperson of ACA Facility Design Committee & member of ACA Green Build Committee. Adam, a notable justice architect, has designed correctional faculties across the country. Jerry and Adam have led Grace Hebert Curtis in designing numerous justice centers across Louisiana and Texas.Grace Hebert Curtis Architects (GHC) has national experience in Judicial/Detention facility design. Since entering the correctional architecture market in 1970, GHC has designed over 200 different justice projects ranging in scale from minor renovations to completely new facilities. Our correctional design philosophy is to provide a cost effective plan that minimizes long term maintenance issues, minimizes staffing & maximizes visibility. Through a carefully considered design, we can minimize the risk to staff and detainees. We understand that there are unique aspects to every client and every project. We tap into our depth of expertise to balance those distinct characteristics with project parameters. We have designed and completed facilities across Texas and Louisiana that have encompassed every facet of the daily operations of Law Enforcement:• Minimum / Maximum• Male / Female• Juvenile• Work Release• Sheriff’s Training Centers• Emergency Operations Centers• 911 Communication Centers• Courthouses15,000+ DormitoryBeds9,000+Cell Beds

We are committed to making your project a successGrace Hebert Curtis takes great pride in our relationships with our clients and work extremely well in a collaborative environment. GHC is supported by a staff of 100+ with four office locations in Louisiana - Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Lake Charles, and Lafayette - as well as additional offices in Dallas, Texas and Pensacola, Florida. We have the man-power and resources to meet your project goals. Through a comprehensive correctional design philosophy, GHC is able to elevate environmental conditions focused on individuals’ transformative behavior thus reducing recidivism rates. Designs provide operational efficiencies and improved workplace environments with a keen focus on promoting socialization and rehabilitative mindsets.56 Years in BusinessWE’RELOCALCollaboration and communication are central to our processOver the years we have continued to provide clients with clear, understandable, and up-to-date information as their projects progress. Our team is effective because we perform in a unique collaborative environment that facilitates interaction among clients, engineers, and designers. We immerse ourselves in each client’s culture to better understand their objectives, so on any given project we really are all on the same team. We listen, set goals, and arrive at the best solutions by working together.Contact usGerald D. “Jerry” Hebert, II, AIACEOjhebert@ghc-arch.comAdam L. Fishbein, AIASecretary/Treasurerafishbein@ghc-arch.comGrace Hebert Curtis Architects | 214.378.9810 | ghc-arch.com

Justice Portfolio

Louisiana Correctional Institute for WomenSt. Gabriel, LA | 300,000 SFWhen completed, the new and significantly improved LCIW will span nearly 300,000 square feet and house approximately 1,000 women. As security and observation remain paramount, the design team found a number of creative ways to soften and normalize both interior and exterior spaces in support of rehabilitation without sacrificing safety. Designing the campus around a central interior courtyard and locating some programmatic spaces directly adjacent to dormitories will create a centralized core. The core will include multipurpose/education rooms, exercise spaces, and a new cosmetology training studio as well as welding, upholstery and carpentry workshops. Consolidating educational and vocational spaces improves both inmate access and supervision while reducing staffing levels. The more therapeutic dormitories were also modernized to include living spaces as well as coffee shop-inspired seating. A medical building will offer a variety of health and mental health services in a space nearly double the size of its predecessor. Recognizing a previously unmet need, designers also developed a postnatal unit. That unit will allow new mothers to spend up to six months caring for and connecting with their babies in a safe and supportive environment.

Bell County Jail ExpansionBelton, TX | 204,550 SFAdditions and renovation to the Existing Bell County Loop Jail will provide the complex with updated medical facilities, court, visitation, and administration areas. The expansion will also provide an additional 900 inmate beds including mental health housing and minimal housing. New additions to the complex will also include a new Sheriff's office and Diversion center.

Lafourche Parish Correctional ComplexThibodaux, LA | 120,000 SF | 2018The 600-bed Lafourche Parish Correctional Complex is a secure, efficient, and constitutional new-generation facility that accommodates pretrial detainees and sentenced inmates. The facility supports comprehensive reentry initiatives related to education; mental health care; medical care; drug and alcohol use/dependency; domestic violence; technical and vocational training, and more. Facilities include inmate intake and processing, a work release program, a video and contact visitation area, a commercial kitchen and cafeteria, and education and rehabilitation classrooms. Staff-focused areas include property storage, maintenance and administrative offices, a secure sally port and an onsite water treatment plant. To increase security, the facility is organized around a central spine that separates housing units from areas such as the library, commissary, and dining and laundry facilities. This ensures inmate movement is streamlined and easily monitored. Unique among justice projects, the complex also achieved LEED Silver status thanks to its sustainable design and extracurricular farming and compost programs. The project was completed as a joint venture with Duplantis Design Group.

Prairieland Detention CenterAlvarado, TX | 133,516 SF | 2016Grace Hebert Curtis Architects designed the Prairieland Detention Center as a safe, secure, respectful and humane processing and holding facility for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The facility utilizes innovative, progressive design and detention solutions that meet modern challenges and address global realities at a reasonable cost. The campus includes two main buildings serving ICE officials and law enforcement officers. The dormitory housing and segregation units can accommodate 617 male and 74 female detainees, with the flexibility of classification to expand or contract bed space as ICE detention demographics and populations fluctuate. Housing units also include multipurpose rooms for religious services and other activities. Separate from the housing areas, the campus offers administrative offices, public visitation spaces, medical and laundry facilities, and a kitchen and cafeteria designed to accommodate the detainees' various dietary needs.

Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Justice ComplexNew Orleans, LA | 560,605 SF | 2015Grace Hebert Curtis Architects' Phase I work for the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office Justice Complex included the planning and design of loading docks, controlled-humidity warehouses, a commercial kitchen, and a standalone mechanical and electrical plant that altogether encompass approximately 136,000 square feet.For Phase II, the firm significantly increased the campus’ footprint and functionality by adding housing units, an Inmate Processing Center and an administrative complex totaling $145 million.

Orleans Parish Medical Mental Health UnitNew Orleans, LA | 80,512 SFThe City of New Orleans is entering Phase III in the rebuilding of justice facilities destroyed by Hurricane Katrina with the 89-bed Orleans Parish Medical Mental Health Unit. The highly intensive facility serves both male and female inmates and provides a vital link between the existing Phase I and Phase II structures.The structure includes a medical mental health unit for women and a mental health unit for men. The men’s unit is designed to offer nearly 100 percent circular visibility to reduce inmate self-harm. Visibility and supervision are nearly as high in the women’s unit, which is smaller and designed for a slightly different functionality. However, both units will offer maximum flexibility to support a variety of inmate needs – and to provide staff with the resources to deliver better, more efficient care to reduce length of stay.

Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Detention Center Ville Platte, LA | 45,000 SF The Evangeline Parish Sheriffs Detention Center brings security and efficiency to the city of Ville Platte. This new facility is a pre-engineered metal superstructure, with insulated metal roof panels. The center's main accommodations include a fully operational kitchen, laundry rooms, and expansive dormitory units that can accommodate up to 210 beds. Each dormitory is designed with ample natural light and an adjacent recreational yard that has access to a multipurpose room for chapel and studies. The control room has direct supervision to majority of the housing units which reinforce security and management over all inmates. Additionally, the facility contains an intake and booking area, modernized lobby, and medical and staff offices. While this facility mostly contains dormitories, there are also 18 segregation cells for at risk inmates.

Calcasieu Parish Office of Juvenile Justice ServicesLake Charles, LA | 57,000 SF | 2020Upon completion, the Calcasieu Parish Office of Juvenile Justice Services facility will serve 38 youth offenders across five housing pods as well as Juvenile Services offices and operations. The facility will be securely organized around a large interior courtyard, ensuring that natural light reaches all housing areas and offices and providing a secure perimeter. A centralized control room will negate the need for exterior fencing, making the campus feel less like a detention complex and offering a more holistic approach to security and supervision. Areas for youth offenders will include a large contact visitation space, a half-court gym, a learning center with classrooms and multipurpose spaces, a kitchen and dining area, a medical suite, ample property storage and an intake area which accommodates three Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument rooms.

Ascension Parish CourthouseGonzales, LA | 103,017 SF | 2021The spacious, state-of-the-art Ascension Parish Courthouse is designed to accommodate the current and future requirements of the Ascension Parish Court and the 23rd Judicial District Court. The new structure also houses a Fines Collection station operated by the Sheriff’s Department and the Gonzales Police Department.Through in-depth pre-design meetings, GHC learned that security was a primary driver. Hence, the design includes subtle, yet effective, separation between the public, detained individuals, and judicial and law enforcement staff. While broad expanses of glass are used along the exterior to draw natural light into the building, glass used strategically throughout the interior gives staff added security.

Swanson Center for YouthMonroe, LA | 65,000 SFThe new medium security youth center embraces a therapeutic model of treatment for juveniles adjudicated by the State of Louisiana. This treatment model helps promote their successful rehabilitation back into society. The overall design vocabulary of the campus deviates from projecting a detention or institutional setting and project a safe, comfortable, residential feel. The facility creates an atmosphere for a positive environment to enable youth to grow, learn, develop and become self-reliant, while engaging and promoting family involvement.

Lafayette Parish - Public Safety ComplexScott, LA | 155,000 SF | 2014The 29-acre Lafayette Parish Public Safety Complex consists of five separate buildings: a 320-bed work release center; a 216-bed outside worker dormitory; a 38,000-square-foot warehouse; a networked video visitation area that is also linked to the downtown jail; and a training center for law enforcement officials that contains administrative offices, a workout facility and a large multipurpose space. The work release center is a transitional, minimum-security dormitory where inmates are encouraged to become more responsible for their day-to-day activities, involving less staff intervention. The transitional housing facility also supports the highly successful transitional worker program, which helps inmates develop critical job and life skills. Outside worker dorms also serve shorter-term inmates and offer more security than the work release residence. Not far from the worker dorms, a 51,000-square-foot building houses the department's central laundry as well as warehousing space that allows the parish to buy supplies in bulk to cut costs.

Terrebonne Parish Juvenile DetentionGray, LA | 26,000 SF | 2015The new juvenile center design focuses on rehabilitation of juvenile offenders through education, skills training and alternative programming using the Louisiana Model of Juvenile Justice Reform.The Terrebonne Parish Juvenile center houses 32 juveniles in 4 pods. Each pod has 8 individual sleeping rooms which share a common dayroom and showers. In addition to the housing pods the building includes visitation, classrooms, intake, gym, kitchen/ dining facility, laundry and miscellaneous staff office space. The facility was designed to meet Category 4 Hurricane Requirements. This project is a joint venture.