UNITED STATES penitentiary

Tucson, Arizona

Buford Goff and Associates, Inc. has performed the Division 17 Security Electronics, Communications, and Fire Alarm Systems design work for a number of Federal Correctional Institutions (FCI’s) and United States Penitentiaries (USP’s) under the FBOP’s design-build program. Included within the engineering responsibilities are fire alarm, perimeter security, closed circuit television, telephone, door control and monitoring, paging, intercom, inmate duress alarms, telephone system, structured data cabling systems, control panels, consoles, and fiber optic cable distribution systems. These systems are integrated into a functional security management and control system. The facility has a rated capacity of 960 inmates plus special housing capacity.