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NC: Close to $20m OK'd for Bertie County prison expansion

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Published on HamptonRoads.com Close to $20m OK'd for Bertie County prison expansion By Connie Sage Correspondent January 11, 2009 Money for a nearly $20 million expansion of the Bertie County state prison - and with it 115 new jobs - has been authorized by the state. The state treasurer's office received the OK to borrow a total of $106 million for additions to five correctional facilities in North Carolina, including $19.9 million for Bertie County. The state General Assembly approved the expansion plans last summer. The Council of State, which includes the governor and many of the state's top officials, announced plans Tuesday to fast-track more than $744 million in capital improvement projects designed to create 26,000 jobs and stimulate the state's economy...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 11, 2009 (boomark / email).