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CO: Governor may close Ft. Lyon prison for aging and ill prisoners and move them to other prisons. Ending 50 vocational programs also being considered.

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Governor may close Ft. Lyon prison for aging inmates By Kirk Mitchell The Denver Post 02/15/2011 Gov. John Hickenlooper proposes shutting down the medium-security prison in Fort Lyon that treats aging and ill inmates as part of correctional budget-cutting plans that would save $10 million. Closing the prison would save $3 million next year. Hickenlooper also proposes axing prison educational programs to save another $3 million. Only two years after former Gov. Bill Ritter expanded a program for mentally ill parolees as part of his own cost-cutting plan, Hickenlooper proposes cutting it to save $2.6 million. An additional $1.3 million will be cut in administrative costs. "These are challenging times, and the DOC will continue to move forward, not only upholding public safety, but strengthening it," said Tom Clements, executive director of the Department of Corrections...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 16, 2011 (boomark / email).