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NH/Nat'l: new fed prison sits empty waiting for go-ahead to hire

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

"In northern New Hampshire, a new federal prison, with space for 1,280 inmates, sits vacant because the federal government has not been able to hire correctional officers and other employees...The new federal prison in Berlin, N.H., is another symbol of the government?s predicament. Pamela E. Laflamme, the city planner for Berlin, said: ?The prison is fully constructed and ready to be occupied. The warden has been hired and is in the community. Federal officials are waiting for a budget to be passed before they can hire operating staff.? Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Democrat of New Hampshire, expressed disbelief. ?We now have a state-of-the-art, $276 million prison that is sitting vacant,? Ms. Shaheen said. ?The federal Bureau of Prisons is spending $4 million a year to maintain an empty building...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 15, 2011 (boomark / email).