Project Grant 15PBJA21RR04778SCAA

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $4,500,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) to Calhoun County, Michigan to implement the Calhoun County Corrections Security Technology and Equipment Project. The purpose is to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system within the Calhoun County correctional facility and justice complex by upgrading jail security and communications systems. Key project activities...

The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Corrections received a $500,000 project grant award from the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs to install a new fire alarm and fire protection system at the Commonwealth's correctional facility. Funded under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875), the project will supply and install an electrical panel, pull stations, smoke and duct detectors, monitor module,...

This federal Project Grant award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards) provides $245,000.00 to the Mercer County Commission for the purchase and installation of security equipment at the Mercer County Courthouse and Judicial Annex. The grant will fund the replacement of aging surveillance cameras, monitors, digital video recorders (DVRs), and x-ray scanners at the building entrances. The existing mid-grade equipment installed in 2005 has...

This $849,383 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice (CFDA 16.560 - National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants) will support a 48-month mixed-methods action research study by the Urban Institute. The study aims to: a) enhance the capabilities of 11 state correctional agencies in adopting evidence-based practices for intercepting contraband cellphones, b) evaluate the effectiveness of detection and...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753), awarded $225,000 to the County of Halifax, North Carolina to purchase a body security scanner for the Halifax County Detention Center. The scanner will enhance inmate privacy, staff safety, and the efficiency of the body search process by reducing the risk of human error. This funding will allow the county to acquire the...

This $200,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) will fund technical improvements to the audio-visual and intercom systems at the DeSoto Regional Jail in Texas. The grant will enable the replacement of the jail's current analog communication system used for inmate-staff interactions, as well as the internal video/audio monitoring system. These upgrades are critical to ensuring...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance, through the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753), awarded a $439,000 Project Grant to West Virginia University Potomac State College (PSC) to implement the Security Equipment Enhancements Initiative. This initiative will purchase and install state-of-the-art security cameras and integrated online locks for all entrance and exit doors in twelve campus buildings at PSC. The goal is to deter and prevent crime, assist the university police in...

The Puerto Rico Department of Justice (PRDOJ), acting as a pass-through entity with the Puerto Rico Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (PRDCR), has been awarded a $136,058 FY 2023 PREA Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The funding will be used to acquire and install security cameras in correctional facilities in Puerto Rico to lower and/or avoid sexual incidents, as well as provide training for the PREA first response team to comply with national PREA standards. The 2-year...

The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe was awarded a $797,992 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance Tribal Justice Assistance Program (CFDA 16.596) to enhance the security and functionality of the tribal courts and related facilities. The grant funding will be used to install additional security cameras, secured door access, a short courtroom wall, and bulletproof glass fixtures. The tribe will also purchase an x-ray machine to integrate into the existing...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $167,000 Project Grant (CFDA 16.753 - Congressionally Recommended Awards) to the Township of Monroe, New Jersey to install 26 new cameras and an access control system in the Monroe Township Municipal Building. This project aims to enhance security and prevent unauthorized access to the municipal court and other areas of the building, in response to concerns over extremism, hate crimes, and mass shootings. The systems will allow for surveillance and...