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OR: State may need to use jail to imprison women as a result of Measure 57

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

State wants to send female inmates to Wapato jail by Edward Walsh, The Oregonian Sunday March 15, 2009, 9:03 PM The long-shuttered Wapato jail may finally open to house female prison inmates, whose numbers are expected to surge in the coming years, under a proposal being discussed between the state Department of Corrections and Multnomah County. Corrections Department Director Max Williams made the proposal at a recent meeting with County Commission Chairman Ted Wheeler. Under the plan, the state would pay the county about $4 million during the next two years to take over responsibility for up to 200 female inmates from the Portland area who are within a year of being released. A promise to open Wapato was a key part of Wheeler's successful 2006 election campaign...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 17, 2009 (boomark / email).