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VA: Meherrin River Regional Jail project up in the air

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Meherrin River Regional Jail project up in the air By Luz Lazo Published: February 23, 2009 Richmond Times Dispatch DINWIDDIE -- A plan to build a $100 million regional jail for Brunswick, Dinwiddie and Mecklenburg counties would alleviate the need for inmate space in all three localities dealing with overcrowded and inadequate local jails, local officials said. The regional jail, which has been in the planning stages for nearly four years and was originally estimated to cost $150.2 million, will help the counties save money and will make the jail system more efficient in all three jurisdictions. The project had not been included in the governor's 2009-10 budget proposal, but this month legislators in both houses approved amendments to include the project in their respective budget bills, making it more likely that it will move forward in the next few years...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 24, 2009 (boomark / email).