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NC: Critics: Perdue's closing plan may overload prisons Officials say state's correctional system is already above capacity.

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Critics: Perdue's closing plan may overload prisons Officials say state's correctional system is already above capacity. By Dan Kane Charlotte Observer Friday, Mar. 20, 2009 At a time when the state's prisons desperately need new beds, Gov. Bev Perdue wants to cut them. To help deal with the state's budget crisis, Perdue this week proposed closing five prisons, a prison hospital and a halfway house for women because they are among the system's most inefficient. The cuts would save the state more than $25 million over the next two fiscal years, but they also eliminate space for 1,031 inmates at a time when the system could see another 2,300 inmates in the next 15 months. Prison officials say they can move the displaced inmates into the remaining 72 facilities by putting two beds in some cells, putting beds in day rooms and other measures...continue to full post

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