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OR: Minimum security prison for women closes---but of course not completely

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

"But plans are for the facility to remain closed through the 2011-13 biennium. Gower did say, however, that the facility would open to house women if and when it would reopen. " Minimum security prison closes By Salem Weekly Editors Nov 03, 2010 The Oregon State Penitentiary Minimum facility where Diane Downs escaped has closed. On October 29, the final 18 prisoners were walked out of the prison, single file, with clear plastic bags holding their belongings. They were met in the parking lot by a large white transportation vehicle, similar on the outside to a horse trailer. The closure is the first of its kind in Oregon's history. These final prisoners were part of a much larger community of prisoners that were once housed in the facility...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on November 06, 2010 (boomark / email).