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| Proposed changes to prison system could free up beds |
| By dailynewstranscript.com |
| Published: 07/09/2009 |
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WALPOLE — The prison system in the state is overtaxed, and MCI-Cedar Junction is no different despite a recent security switch. As of Monday, the Walpole prison holds 677 inmates - its official capacity is 633. The state system is 46 percent over capacity, state Public Safety Secretary Kevin Burke said. While the state would like to create "better space" inside the prison, "There isn't anyone you talk to who says we can build our way out of this." Instead, state officials like Burke seek policy tweaks. Effective last month, Cedar Junction made the switch from a maximum-security prison to the system's Reception and Diagnostic Center where newly sentenced inmates will be housed as they await classification. The formerly infamous facility will now serve as a medium/maximum prison meaning the general population will be detained under medium security while the reception center and the prison system's disciplinary unit, or "prison within prisons" will remain maximum security, according to Cara Savelli of the Department of Correction. Read more. |
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