|
|
| $26 million kitchen set to open in Delaware prison |
| By newsworks.org- Mark Eichmann |
| Published: 09/01/2014 |
|
A massive new kitchen will help relieve crowding for food workers at a Wilmington-based prison. For more than 30 years, thousands of inmates have been held at Howard R. Young Correctional Institution in Wilmington. The prison, formerly known as Gander Hill, was designed to hold 360 inmates when it opened in 1982. Over the years, expansions have brought the current capacity to 1,180. The current average population at the prison now stands at 1,700. The overcrowded conditions at the prison caused problems for workers trying to prepare meals in the prison's cramped kitchen. That's why prison leaders were all smiles as they showed off the new $26 million kitchen expansion. New amenities include a blast chiller, new industrial-sized equipment and expanded storage areas. Read More. |
MARKETPLACE search vendors | advanced search
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
|
Comments:
No comments have been posted for this article.
Login to let us know what you think