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MAR 7 1984 a©a 56 PAc EM He informed the Board that the big feature of the second floor is the relocation of the non -contract visita- tion room to this area. The earlier scheme had this on the first floor, but the problem was that this took members of the public into a restricted area. They, therefore, added a corridor above the first floor corridor and access to the non -contact visitation room is immediately by the control room. Contact visitation still would occur down in the main area. Commissioner Lyons informed the Board that in the committee's travels, they did not find one jail that had a really satisfactory visiting area. He believed this is a real innovation and that it is a real plus. Commissioner Wodtke asked about access to the upstairs visitation room for people in wheelchairs. Mr. Rappe agreed that they must provide for those in wheelchairs, but actually this would involve a small part of the population. There are consultation rooms on the first floor, one of which is non -contact consultation, and that can be used for inmate non -contact visitation, if necessary. To put in an elevator would be very costly. Commissioner Lyons pointed out that this design still - encompasses the original concept, which was to be able to get maximum surveillance from one officer, and he believed this is an improvement over the other design with the single pod in that we now have an excellent exercise yard arrange- ment with a miminimum amount of movement of prisoners and with excellent visibility. He felt by splitting the pod this way, we have added some worthwhile features. e Mr. Rappe confirmed that one of the earliest of their philosophies, which they plan to stay with, was eyeball contact between the officer and the inmates. Cameras get very boring to watch, and they feel very strongly that actual eyeball contact is much better. He stressed that 68