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NY: 2 additonal prisons slated to be closed

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Published January 19, 2010 10:50 pm - Lyon Mountain Correctional Facility, Moriah Shock Incarceration Facility targeted in Paterson budget. 2 local prisons doomed By LOHR McKINSTRY Staff Writers MORIAH ? Prison staffs in Lyon Mountain and Moriah were shocked Tuesday to learn their facilities are now slated to close. As part of sweeping budget cuts announced by Gov. David Paterson, Lyon Mountain Correctional Facility in Clinton County is expected to close January 2011, with Moriah Shock Incarceration Facility in Essex County to follow in April 2011. REDUCING STAFF They are two of four facilities now scheduled to close, affecting 57,600 inmates. State officials say the cuts are being made to further consolidation efforts and eliminate excess capacity...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 21, 2010 (boomark / email).