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| Chief blasts cost cutting |
| By The Saratogian |
| Published: 11/13/2008 |
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NEW YORK - A state prison [officers] leader has criticized a Department of Corrections cost-cutting plan that includes consolidation of Mt. McGregor housing units. The department has followed up an $84.1 million cost-saving initiative, announced in September, with a second round of cuts totaling $8.4 million. The plan will result in housing consolidation at 15 men’s medium- and minimum-security prisons, merging two infirmaries into one, eliminating all prison farms and a reduction of inmate transports. Overall spending reductions will result in 334 fewer prison guard jobs, primarily through attrition. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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