Follow along on the Jail & Behavioral Care Center development
Full Timeline
August 2025
STV presents a draft jail and behavioral care center capacity needs. The main criteria used to infer bed needs are: county population trend, admissions to the county jail, jail average daily population, jail average length of stay. The numbers below are draft projections and recommendations by STV:
The 2030 Plan (480 rated beds)
288 General Population
192 Special Housing and Orientation
The 2040 Plan (624 rated beds)
432 General Population
192 Special Housing and Orientation
The 2050 Plan (720 rated beds)
528 General Population
192 Special Housing and Orientation
July 2025
IPRTF approves a motion to recommend the adoption the Evaluation & Performance Measurement Plan to the Council. The Plan seeks to thoroughly evaluated the impact of the Justice Project.
June 2025
Village Reach submits the Evaluation & Performance Measurement Plan which seeks to evaluated:
“how much did we do?”
“how well did we do?”
“is anyone better off?”
JPOP facilitators present survey results from currently incarcerated people on desired features and services of the Jail & Behavioral Care Center.
WREC presents the Follow Along webpage - a platform for community feedback and involvement.
April 2025
STV, the architectural firm that holds a contract for the development does an overview of their tasks and timeline.
FFAB introduction to the JPOP Committee.
Village Reach updates on the Justice Project Evaluation and Performance Measurement Plan.
February 2025
The JPOP begins working with Village Reach on the Justice Project Evaluation and Performance Measurement Plan.
Whatcom County begins jail inmate focus groups and surveys.
January 2025
Presentation on design process & objectives – Caleb Erickson, Chief Corrections Deputy
November 2024
October 2024
The JPOP Committee holds its inaugural meeting and begin developing its 2025 action plan.
