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MT: Stimulus funds to build juvenile jail

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

"Freudenthal recently toured the existing juvenile facility. He said in a news conference Friday that using stimulus funding to build a juvenile center would be justified because it's a clearly identifiable need and would put people to work." Published on Monday, March 30, 2009. Stimulus funds could go to juvenile center By Gazette News Services CASPER - Gov. Dave Freudenthal says it might be possible to use federal economic stimulus funding to build a new juvenile detention center in Casper. Casper's existing juvenile facility has been criticized for lacking natural light and because youths aren't able to go outside for exercise. Also, several violent crimes have occurred there. The Natrona County Commission has saved about $3 million for a new facility...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 30, 2009 (boomark / email).