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SUBJECT: HONDURAS: Administrative Segregation Update 
 
REF: Tegucigalpa 41 
 
¶1. The following is an update of the remodeling of the Maquila into 
an Administrative Segregation Unit as of November 28, 2009.  The 
Maquila project is part of Minister of Security Jorge Rodas's 
overall prisons reform plan, devised in 2008-2009 (Reftel). 
 
 
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Complete Project: 
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¶3. This is the twenty- eighth week of the Project.  The Project is 
80-percent complete with some areas needing more work than others. 
The cement floor needs to be chemically finished in order to be 
100-percent complete.  The fabrication of windows and doors has 
begun.  Original plans call for the entire facility to be painted. 
However, the contractor is awaiting a final decision on areas that 
may be omitted during value engineering.  There are areas in the 
medical, showers and food service area that need ceramic wall tile 
to be put up. 
 
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Infirmary: 
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¶4. The infirmary facility is 94-percent complete. As mentioned 
above, painting, windows, doors and wall tile need to be put in. The 
GOH will not have enough funds to fully equip the infirmary but will 
seek donations to help do so. 
 
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Kitchen: 
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¶5. Currently 75 -percent of the kitchen is complete. The Contractor 
has submitted the plans to a manufacturer to provide -him with 
specifications for the equipment that is needed. As mentioned above 
painting, windows, doors and wall tile need to be completed. 
 
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Sewer Renovation: 
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¶6. Sewer renovation and the connection of the new facility to the 
sewer line is 98_percent complete.  This project was funded with 
assistance from the European Union. 
 
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Electrical Systems: 
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¶7. The whole project is approximately 70_percent complete.  It 
includes the installation of wiring, cameras and control panels. 
 
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Financial Costs: 
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¶8. The total amount of the contract is 28.4 million Lempiras 
(approximately USD 1.5 million).  To date, 13 million Lempiras 
(approximately USD 684,000) has been transferred to the contractor. 
 
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Number of workers: 
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¶9. Currently 50 workers are on site working and there has been as 
high as 65 workers during different times of the project. 
 
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Findings: 
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¶10. Technical support from the INL Regional Corrections Advisor and 
an INL-funded visit by the architect to correctional facilities in 
Colorado have led to 6,000,000 Lempiras (approximately USD 315,000, 
or almost 25_percent of the total project cost) in savings through 
design modifications and improvements.  The Project is in its final 
stages of being completed.  Original completion date was September 
of 2009.  Tentative completion date, if all material is received in 
a timely manner, is approximately June 2010.  Key reasons for 
project delays are: 
--The delivery of material has been delayed through procurement 
delays by the office of finance. 
--When materials were not delivered on time, the contractor 
reassigned personnel to other projects. 
--Still awaiting the purchase of the toilets and sinks for the 
cells. 
--Once the projected completion date moved past January 2010, final 
completion estimates were revised in anticipation of further delays 
during the transition to the new administration and potential 
revisions to the project. 
 
HENSHAW