A more recent jail design involves podular/remote surveillance. In typical units, single occupancy cells are clustered around a common area and a secure control booth from which an officer observes inmate activity. The officer has no direct contact with the inmates.
Northern Oregon Regional Correctional Facilities, otherwise known as “NORCOR”, is a Regional Adult Corrections and Juvenile Detention complex that serves four counties. Setting a national precedent Wasco, Hood River, Sherman and Gilliam counties merged to develop this facility.