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VA won't take prisoners from out of state

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Va. won't take inmates from out of state After sheriffs complain, governor abandons plan to raise money for prisons Thursday, Jun 19, 2008 - 12:09 AM By TYLER WHITLEY TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER After protests from sheriffs, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has directed the Virginia Department of Corrections to stop housing out-of-state prisoners. Virginia has taken in 300 inmates from Wyoming, which brings the state $7.2 million annually under a contract that runs through June 20, 2010. Virginia had planned to bring in an additional 700 inmates from other states. In abandoning a plan his administration proposed, Kaine said the Department of Corrections will have to develop options to make up for the $12 million annual shortfall that will occur because of the loss of additional out-of-state inmates...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on June 19, 2008 (boomark / email).