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1,600 PA Prisoners Sent to VA and Michigan While 4 New Prisons Get Built

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

1,600 Pa. inmates jailed in Va., Mich. Inmates expected to be held out of state until 4 new state prisons built, official says. Monday, April 19, 2010 By Edward Lewis Staff Writer Convicted killer Henry Stubbs is among the 1,600 state inmates being housed in Michigan and Virginia prisons to alleviate overcrowding in Pennsylvania correctional institutions, prison officials said. Sue Bensinger, deputy press secretary for the state Department of Corrections, said housing of state inmates in Michigan and Virginia began in February. She estimated Pennsylvania inmates will be jailed out of state for about three years or until four new correctional institutions are built. It is costing Pennsylvania $62 a day per inmate, said DOC press secretary Sue McNaughton...continue to full post

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