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VA: James River to close and a reason found for Brunswick to remain open

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

The James River Correctional Center's 450 inmates will be moved to other prisons when it closes on April 1. By Frank Green Published: January 08, 2011 The Virginia Department of Corrections is closing its oldest prison, the James River Correctional Center, on April 1 to cut costs. The 450 inmates at the Goochland County facility, which opened in 1896, will be moved to other prisons, said Larry Traylor, a department spokesman. It was not immediately known how many, if any, of the 160 employees there will lose jobs. Harold Clarke, the department's director, sent a message to the employees Thursday announcing the move as a way to close a $10.9 million funding cut for the department in fiscal 2012. "We have evaluated our alternatives to meet this reduction and have determined that the best course of action would be to close the main compound of James River Correctional Center," wrote Clarke...continue to full post

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