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| Virginia to end prison contract with Connecticut one year early |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 03/01/2004 |
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Virginia has informed Connecticut officials that it is canceling its contract to house 500 Connecticut prison inmates. Virginia cited prison crowding, said Marc Ryan, chief budget adviser to Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland. A contract between Connecticut and Virginia was to expire in October 2005, but Virginia is ending the arrangement this October. Commissioner Theresa Lantz had urged lawmakers to develop a new plan for out-of-state inmates before Virginia announced an early end to the contract, Brian Garnett, spokesman for the Connecticut Department of Correction, said last Thursday. The 500 Connecticut inmates in Virginia may be moved to other prisons outside Connecticut before the contract expires. The legislature last year authorized the Department of Correction to seek new contractors to house Connecticut inmates. Bids are expected to be submitted by May. Rowland's new budget proposal calls for sending a total of 2,500 inmates out of state to save money and ease crowding in Connecticut over the next two years. Virginia officials say they will negotiate, giving Connecticut additional time for a transition period to transfer inmates, Ryan said. "We might be able to transition to another state or private facility," he said. Virginia's announcement "wasn't wholly unexpected," Ryan said." We have heard reverberations in Virginia that the governor changed policy about accepting prisoners from other states." |
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