The Naval Consolidated Brig Miramar at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar reopened its doors as Joint Regional Correctional Facility Southwest Feb. 4. The JRCFSW is one of five military correctional facilities in the nation. Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar is operated by the U.S. Navy in Buildings 7683 and 7684 at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in Miramar in San Diego, California. Convictions of service members newly confined here are likely automatically appealed and the service member has been assigned a military appellate attorney. These service members or their families often opt to hire an experienced appellate attorney to take up their case while appeals are pending. Mr. Kageleiry, a former Deputy Director of the U.S. Army Defense Appellate Division has more than 15 years-worth of appellate experience.
What level military confinement facility is the Joint Regional Correctional Facility Southwest?
Naval Consolidated Brig Miramar is a level II facility. A military Level II correctional facility is a medium-security institution designed to confine U.S. military personnel sentenced to confinement for up to 10 years. These facilities primarily focus on maintaining good order and discipline while conducting rehabilitation and treatment programs aimed at reintegrating offenders into society.
How long has the Brig at Miramar been open?
The facility reopened in 2011 at a cost of $32 million and added 100,000 square feet to the brig complex and, when reopened, had the capacity to house 600 inmates. According to the USMC, Ninety Marines and 17 civilian employees joined the new facility to accommodate the increased number of inmates, and prisoners expected from local Level I brigs. Level I brigs house service members in pre-trial confinement or awaiting sentencing.
Are women housed at the Joint Regional Correctional Facility Southwest?
The Naval Consolidated Brig Miramar is a Level III facility for women prisoners, and a Level II for male prisoners. The only other level III U.S. military correctional facility is the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks (USDB) at Fort. Leavenworth. The shore brigs at Jacksonville, Chesapeake, Miramar, and Pearl Harbor are authorized to confine women.
What is the mission of the JRCFSW?
The mission of Naval Consolidated Brig Miramar, otherwise known as the Joint Regional Correctional Facility Southwest, is to ensure the security, good order, discipline and safety of adjudged and pretrial prisoners; to retrain and restore the maximum number of personnel to honorable service; to prepare prisoners for return to civilian life as productive citizens; and when directed by superior authority, detain enemy combatants in accordance with guidance from the President via the Secretary of Defense.
How does the JCRFSW operate?
According to MyNavy HR, the following functions of the Joint Regional Correctional Facility Southwest are set forth to accomplish the command mission:
- 1. Provide a secure, safe and humane environment for prisoners, detainees and staff according to the U.S. Code.
2. Maintain a high level of military discipline within brig operations.
3. Classify prisoners for restoration to active duty or for discharge from military service and return to civilian life.
4. Provide resources and an environment, which allows prisoners to serve sentences imposed by the court; fulfill individual responsibilities; and complete plans for restoration to duty or return to civilian life.
5. Operate retraining programs, which include work; training (academic, vocational, military, physical); social skills; counseling (individual and group); substance abuse (drug and alcohol); religious and brig industries.
6. Provide required reports and assist the Commander, Navy Personnel Command in gathering and evaluating data concerning administration, operations, programs and management of the brig.
7. Provide military escort services for adjudged prisoners transferring to and from the brig, when required.
What should I do if my family member is incarcerated in the brig?
If a family member is recently incarcerated at Joint Regional Correctional Facility Southwest, a Level II brig, that means they were sentenced to confinement and their appeal is likely pending. Their appeal has time limits so family members should act right away to speak to an experienced appellate attorney. If you are a loved one has an appeal pending, call us at +1-757-504-2815 right away to discuss the case or write to us here.
