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PA to build four new prisons

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Pa. grapples with growing prison needs By Mario F. Cattabiani Inquirer Harrisburg Bureau HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania is preparing to embark on a major prison-construction blitz that will cost more than $800 million. But the four new prisons can't be completed fast enough to meet the need for new cells - a situation that has forced corrections officials to find alternate ways to allay overcrowding concerns. At existing state correctional institutions, they have retrofitted free space such as dayrooms into makeshift cells and have trucked in portable, trailer-like dormitories for added capacity. In June, they began sending some inmates to county prisons and are now considering shipping others to out-of-state lockups. "We want to continue to run secure, safe, and humane prisons," said state Corrections Secretary Jeffrey A...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on September 08, 2009 (boomark / email).