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PA: Another New Prison Authorized by General Assembly

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

January 27, 2009 State to build new prison at Rockview By Shannon Simcox Email Collegian Staff Writer The Pennsylvania General Assembly authorized state funds Monday to build a medium-security prison at the State Correctional Institution at Rockview. The facility will house up to 2,000 inmates and share administrative and warehouse facilities with the existing prison, according to a press release. The prison will cost about $200 million, said Ed Myslewicz, Department of General Services Public Relations representative. He expects construction to begin by this summer, he said. Building of the new facility is part of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections' efforts to minimize the stress of an overcrowded prison system, according to the press release...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 27, 2009 (boomark / email).