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| Expansion could save part of old prison |
| By Nevada Appeal |
| Published: 08/27/2008 |
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NEVADA - While the governor and Director of Corrections Howard Skolnik are still planning to try to close down Nevada State Prison, Skolnik told the Public Works Board on Tuesday one of his key construction requests would make it efficient to keep part of the old prison open. Skolnik has said shutting down NSP would save more than $18 million a year. He said if a major institution must be closed because of budget problems, NSP — one of the oldest operating prisons in the U.S. — is the least efficient in both energy consumption and the manpower required to manage inmates there. But he concedes the prison system is in desperate need of inmate beds. His No. 3 priority on his proposed project list for the coming biennium is $46.9 million to add a new housing unit at Warm Springs Prison a few yards south of the NSP’s upper yard. That project would also expand the culinary, laundry and other core facilities at Warm Springs to handle the added inmates — bringing the total population there to more than 800. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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