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PA: State begins construction on 1st of 3 new prisons

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

State begins construction on 1st of 3 new prisons Tuesday, April 14, 2009 By Tom Barnes, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette HARRISBURG -- A lot of businesses and industries have been hard hit by the ailing economy, but in Pennsylvania there's still one industry doing well -- prison construction. The state Department of Corrections announced today that construction of the first of three new state prisons will begin this summer in Centre County, on the grounds of an existing state prison, State Correctional Institution Rockview. The new medium-security prison, which will hold 2,000 inmates, is expected to open within three years. It will cost about $200 million, officials said. It will be called SCI Benner Township and will employ 650 people. It will share warehouses and administrative functions with SCI Rockview...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on April 16, 2009 (boomark / email).