Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Criminal Law Blogs -> The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog

Criminal Law

: The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog

WA: All out effort to keep prison open succeeds for now despite too few prisoners

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Closure plan for Larch prison put on hold State will bring in inmates to fill work crews until fate of facility resolved By Kathie Durbin Columbian staff writer Wednesday, March 31, 2010 While the fate of Larch Corrections Center remains unresolved in Olympia, at the minimum-security prison near Yacolt a closure plan ordered by Gov. Chris Gregoire has been put on hold. The prison?s capacity following a recent expansion stands at 480. As of Monday, the inmate count had dropped to 219. With the numbers plummeting, one 240-unit has been closed. But the Department of Corrections is now preparing to transfer new inmates into the prison in order to fill out the eight 10-man work crews overseen by the Department of Natural Resources. The crews fight fires, plant trees, thin forest stands and tackle other outdoor projects for government agencies...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on April 08, 2010 (boomark / email).