The costly Westchester DOC system covered a complex of four buildings: the maximum-security penitentiary of 365 beds, the jail for those awaiting trial, DOC headquarters and the DOC annex for an overflow prison population.
“Problems just plagued the system,†asserted Sgt. Don Smith, technical services director for the Westchester County Department of Correction. “Door readers weren’t working, cards weren’t working and we needed to look for a new system.â€