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| Center swapping spaces |
| By Tri-City Herald |
| Published: 01/14/2009 |
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WASHINGTON - The state Department of Corrections plans to close half of the original Coyote Ridge Corrections Center prison, even as it plans to start moving prisoners into the newly constructed 2,048-bed, medium-security expansion of the site next month. The original facility opened as a 600-bed minimum-security prison in 1992. "In all actuality, a couple months from now Coyote Ridge will certainly house more inmates than it houses today," said Dan Pacholke, deputy director of prisons for the department. "But we'll close one housing unit in minimum security and bring up two new housing units inside the main facility." The closure of one unit at the original facility is necessary because the state forecasts it will need to house fewer male inmates in minimum security in coming months, Pacholke said. The reduced forecast takes into account the expected return of about 1,200 inmates who currently are housed out of state. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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