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| State: Northpoint will be rebuilt |
| By amnews.com |
| Published: 08/26/2009 |
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After assessing the scorched facilities Monday at Northpoint Training Center, state officials indicated the prison will be rebuilt. “We need this in the system,” said J. Michael Brown, secretary of the state Justice and Public Safety Department. Brown said it will take months before things get back to normal at the prison, but that two of the six dormitories that are now uninhabitable could be reopened for inmates by the end of this week. Currently only one of the six dorms, which can accommodate about 196 people, is housing inmates, with about 300 others staying in the prison chapel and gym. Brown, who monitored Friday’s riot from a command center in Frankfort, and Department of Corrections Commissioner Ladonna Thompson surveyed the damage by helicopter and walked the grounds Monday afternoon. Insurance adjusters also continued work on site Monday to determine the extent of the damage and how much of the loss will be covered. While some of the dormitories escaped serious fire damage, Brown said many were completely trashed during the riots, with windows smashed and pipes ripped from walls leaving several inches of standing water. Brown would not speculate on the cost of repairing the facility but said insurance would likely cover a portion of the construction. Read More. |
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