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NY: With Spitzer gone senators reject plan to close three prisons

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Senators rejected Spitzer's plan to close three correctional camps and one prison..." "The Senate proposal also amends Corrections Law to require that the governor give 24 months notice for the closure of a correctional facility, rather than the 12 months notice required under current law. Another Senate budget amendment requires that a plan for a facility's adaptive re-use be given at the same time as the notice of its closure, rather than six months prior to the actual closing date." " Mr. Saland described Mr. Fischer [NYS DOCS Chief] as "a bit less confrontational" during that meeting than he has been on past occasions. And he said he was feeling somewhat positive about prospects for the facility's remaining open. "What has happened in these types of situations in the past is that, if the Senate has been willing to locate and provide the funds to keep a facility open, prior governors of either party have acquiesced and agreed," said Mr...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 15, 2008 (boomark / email).