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OK: Major overhaul needed at 17 percent of DOC facilities

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Major overhaul needed at 17 percent of DOC facilities By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau Published: 3/18/2009 8:21 PM OKLAHOMA CITY ? Seventeen percent of the buildings at the state?s correctional facilities need major work or need to be torn down, according to a summary of an assessment obtained by the Tulsa World. The preliminary architectural and engineering study of the buildings that make up the state?s 17 prisons found ?no surprises,? said Rep. Randy Terrill, chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Safety and the Judiciary. A final version of the report will be used to determine if the state repairs crumbling infrastructure or shifts more inmates to private facilities. The initial facility assessment ranked the 402 buildings at the state?s prisons on a scale of one to four...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 23, 2009 (boomark / email).