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MA: Governor's budget would close 2 prisons

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Gov. Patrick budget would close 2 Mass. Prisons Jan 26, 2011 By The Associated Press BOSTON (AP) ? Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is proposing that two state prisons be closed as part of his state budget for the new fiscal year. Administration officials would not say on Wednesday which two prisons might be shuttered. Patrick said the closings were needed to save money and would not result in the release of any inmates, who could be relocated to other lockups. Last year Patrick fought to avoid prison closings by pushing through a $400 million midyear spending bill. Patrick is backing a separate bill designed to alleviate prison overcrowding by ending mandatory minimum sentencing for drug offenses that do not involve guns or children. That bill would also let inmates be moved to lower levels of security, work release and community supervision when appropriate...continue to full post

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