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VA: Regional jail could benefit from prison closing

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Regional jail could benefit from prison closing The state prison in Dublin will close next year, while the regional jail is looking to hire 130 more officers. 10/14/08 Roanoke Times By Kevin Litten It's too early to tell how big an impact Gov. Tim Kaine's decision to close the Pulaski Correctional Center will have on an already lethargic local job market, county officials say. "Anytime you have an established facility -- no matter what it is -- and they're laying off and shutting down, it does have an impact as far as what materials, food or other type of needs they have," especially when the facility uses local vendors, Pulaski County Board of Supervisors Chairman Joe Sheffey said. Sheffey should know. The county has dealt with a string of private-sector layoffs the past eight years at the Volvo Trucks North America plant in Dublin and at furniture and textile manufacturers in Pulaski...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on October 18, 2008 (boomark / email).