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| New state prison opens in Jefferson City |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 06/28/2004 |
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A new, high-tech prison for the state's most violent criminals opened its doors to the public last Thursday, but it will be a few months before inmates move in. Officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony in a gymnasium of the Jefferson City Correctional Center with Gov. Bob Holden, legislators and local leaders. The state's newest prison is a replacement for the nearly 170-year-old Missouri State Penitentiary. It cost about $128 million to build, will have 1,996 beds for maximum security male inmates and will employ about 690 people. But before the inmates arrive, the state still must put the finishing touches on the prison, which needs beds in its cells; tables and chairs in the dining room; furnishings in its education, medical and library facilities; and continued tests of its security systems. The new prison is located on a 160-acre site about eight miles east of Jefferson City. The old prison is in downtown Jefferson City, a few blocks from the state Capitol. Both are located along the Missouri River. The Missouri State Penitentiary is the oldest continuously operated prison west of the Mississippi River. It once held Pretty Boy Floyd and James Earl Ray, who killed Martin Luther King Jr. after escaping from prison in Missouri. |
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