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CA: Yolo City Supervisors Vote No On Rural "Re-Entry" Prison

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Doors closed on county rural prison idea By CRYSTAL LEE Created: 05/06/2009 The Yolo County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to kill construction of a proposed rural state re-entry prison. Supervisors decided that with a looming $24 million budget deficit and limited staff resources, continuing to pursue the re-entry prison is no longer worth the time and effort. It was a different story last September, when supervisors offered the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation a site in the small community of Madison, against the angry protests of rural residents. In the deal, Yolo County was eligible for $30 million for an expansion of its overcrowded jail in Woodland. The funding was part a statewide prison reform effort, signed by Gov...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on May 06, 2009 (boomark / email).