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Western MA: Governor's Bond Bill Could Add 56 More Cells for Women at Chicopee Jail

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

"Hampden County Sheriff Michael J. Ashe Jr. originally planned for a 176-cell facility, but project delays and rising costs resulted in a smaller facility. The governor's bond bill filed in January includes funding for county jails, including the women's jail here. If approved, an additional 56 cells could be added." Chicopee gets 2nd check from state for jail by The Republican Newsroom Friday February 29, 2008 By HOLLY ANGELO CHICOPEE - The city was presented a check for $960,000 from the state today that represents mitigation costs associated with locating the new $26.1 million Western Massachusetts Regional Women's Correctional Center in Chicopee. "The city has realized a good deal in terms of a state investment in that project," Wagner said...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 03, 2008 (boomark / email).