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PA County Renting Cells To Fed. Prisoners
By timesleader.com
Published: 06/15/2010

Luzerne County taxpayers spent $589,431 housing inmates in other facilities in 2008 because of overcrowding in the county prison system.

Today, there are empty beds in the county prison system, enough to prompt the county Prison Board on Monday to discuss the possibility of renting space to the state and federal government.

The reversal stems from a concerted effort between the county and courts to reduce the prison population, said County Prison Warden Joseph Piazza.

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