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Oregon to close prison, lay off 63 workers in $2.5 million budget cut

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Oregon to close prison, lay off 63 workers in $2.5 million budget cut Published: Thursday, September 30, 2010, 10:13 PM By Les Zaitz, The Oregonian For the first time in its history, Oregon will shut down an operating prison as part of a $2.5 million budget cut that lays off 63 people, relocates 120 prisoners and ends alcohol and drug treatment for 50 of those inmates. By the end of the month, the state Corrections Department will shutter the Salem minimum-security prison it operates in the shadow of the Oregon State Penitentiary. The smaller, 176-bed unit opened in 1964 as the state's first women's prison. The closure means 35 state workers will lose their jobs. At the same time, the Corrections Department is laying off an additional 28 workers, including nine at Deer Ridge Correctional Institution in Madras where most were hired in anticipation of opening 1,228 medium-security beds...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on October 01, 2010 (boomark / email).