The Ashe County Law Enforcement and Detention Center is a 65,000 sf facility consisting of a two-story, 35,000 sf Detention Center with contains four male cell blocks and one female cell block, for a total capacity of 165 inmates; and a three-story, 30,000 sf Law Enforcement Center (LEC) tied into the Detention Center.The LEC hosts all offices for the Sheriff’s department staff and serves as the new home to the Highway Patrol, DMV, and Magistrate. The building has holding cells, interview rooms, monitoring rooms, training areas, evidence storage areas, male and female locker rooms, and hosts the 911 Dispatch and Communication Department for Ashe County. In addition to the cell blocks, the Detention Center consists of a dorm-like common area and isolation areas, as well as a full service kitchen.
Jefferson, NC
Ashe County
Hemphill-Randal Associates
February 2010