Following the study, DCCM recommended purchasing a vacant middle school and converting it to serve the County’s justice system. The County then retained DCCM to design, develop, and construct the facility using Indiana’s Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) statute.

The resulting Delaware County Justice Center transformed the decommissioned school into a comprehensive justice facility housing all County justice departments under one roof. The 247,000-square-foot, two-story facility includes the prosecutor, probation, five courts, clerk, family support and IV-D court, Sheriff’s Office, community corrections, a 500-bed jail, and the necessary support and ancillary spaces. Large-scale kitchen and laundry facilities were also incorporated, along with space for future expansion. All departments are interconnected to support operational efficiency.

The $47 million project was completed in 2020 without a single owner change order.