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NY: Guards Oppose Closing of Empty Prisons which would save $84 million

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Correctional officers oppose proposed cuts Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:45 PM EST By James V. Franco The Record TROY ? The plan to save money by consolidating prisoners within the respective prisons where they are held is coming under fire by corrections officers. The plan would consolidate housing units at 14 medium and minimum security prisons, merge two infirmaries into one and shut down the dozen prison farms among other measures. All told it will save about $8.7 million according to Erik Kris, a spokesman for the state Department of Correctional Services. Last month, DOCS came out with plan that would save approximately $84.1 million. The two plans are answers to Gov. David Paterson?s call for all departments to cut their budgets by at least 3...continue to full post

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