Correctional Facilities

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing staff to perform a combination of support services within a clients facilities. Establishments in this industry typically provide a combination of services, such as janitorial; maintenance; trash disposal; guard and security; mail routing reception; laundry; and related services to support operations within facilities. These establishments provide operating staff to carry out these support activities; but, are not involved with or responsible for the core business or activities of the client. Establishments providing facilities (except computer and/or data processing) operation support services and establishments operating correctional facilities (i.e., jails) on a contract or fee basis are included in this industry.

Criminals; a blessing in disguise

Growth has slowed significantly in recent years, with the industry increasingly sourcing its revenue from outsourced government facilities support services. Growth in revenue is expected to be underpinned by continued growth in the overall correctional population, in total direct expenditure on correctional services, and increased outsourcing of correctional, detention, treatment, and behavioral health facilities operations.

New Initiatives

Federal, State and Local government correctional facilities have started utilizing various software companies products to assess services that will enable them to prioritize projects, quantify budget recommendations and provide a compelling argument for funds to their respective government authorities. With accurate and defensible facility data in hand, they will be able to develop a capital improvement plan that details the conditions of the their facilities and the associated cost estimates for deferred maintenance, renovation and/or replacement.

One such software company, VFA, is the leading provider of integrated software and services for facilities asset management and capital planning. Organizations in a wide range of industries rely on VFA solutions to help them strategically manage their facility assets and maximize the value of their capital investments.

VFA uniquely combine facility assessment services, Web-based software products, and business consulting to provide our customers with a comprehensive solution for the complete capital management lifecycle.

Over 350 organizations have employed VFA solutions to maintain accurate information about critical capital assets and effectively leverage this data to optimize the investments they make in their facilities. VFA's flagship software product, VFA.facility®, is currently used to manage over two billion square feet of real estate assets in the corporate, correctional, education, government and healthcare sectors.

Some of the solutions VFA provides to help organizations optimally manage their capital assets:

VFA.facility for expert capital planning
VFA.spendManager™ for capital spending control
VFA.auditor™ guided facility surveys
Facility assessment services, including our new Green Building Assessments
Benchmarking of facilities condition and costs
Development of long-term capital budgets