Buchanan County Jail Committee
Photos of the Current Jail
The Current Buchanan County Jail is located on the third floor of the county court house. The 1938 obsolete linear configuration originally was designed for 10 people in 3 cells and has grown over time to current house a maximin of 26 inmates.
Here is a photo tour.
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Kitchen countertop and cupboards
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Kitchen stove
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Kitchen refrigerators (used to store food for meals)
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File room (also used to store can goods)
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File room (also used to hold over the counter meds for inmates)
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Correctional officers work space/CCTV monitoring station
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Correctional officers work area along with arresting officers work area
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Inmate visitation area (inmate side)
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Inmate visitation area (visitor side)
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Hallway to minimum security cells
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Inside of a minimum security cell
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Inside of a minimum security cell
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Inside of a minimum security cell
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Inside of a minimum security cell
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Note the wooden door to the minimum security cell
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Staff bathroom and inmate closet
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Library/attorney conference room
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Library/attorney conference room
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Inmate booking room
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Inmate booking room
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Inmate booking room
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Wooden door to 2 man maximum security cell
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Steel door to enter 2 man maximum security cell
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The inside of 2 man maximum security cell
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Shower of 2 man max cell
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Toilet of 2 man max cell
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Toilet of 2 man max cell
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Laundry room
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Laundry room - note the wall in the corner by cabinet
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Freezer to store food (in laundry room)
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Staff bathroom - the was a leak and we had to break a hole in the wall to fix
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Staff bathroom
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Female cell
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Female cell
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Bathroom in female cell
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Female cell/plaster knocked loose by inmates
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Female cell
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Female cell
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Female cell
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Fire escape (stairwell)
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Fire escape (stairwell)
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Door at the bottom of stairwell (note that it is glass)
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Elevator
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Inside of the elevator
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Inside of the elevator
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Inside of the elevator
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Holding cell (drunk tank)
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Holding cell (drunk tank)
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Holding cell (drunk tank)
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Holding cell (drunk tank)
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Holding cell (drunk tank)
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Hallway to 6 man maximum security cell/key box for door controls
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Main cell door to 6 man max
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Key box to door control/hallway to cell
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