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Prison Dealing With Budget Head On
By union-bulletin.com
Published: 10/04/2010

One state correctional facility will close its doors in February and the rest will lock down cells one day each month as part of a new strategy to cleave more than $50 million from the state prisons budget.

Department of Corrections Secretary Eldon Vail said in an announcement Friday the 240-inmate Larch Corrections Center in Clark County will close Feb. 1.

In addition, major prisons will have one-day lockdowns each month. During those times inmates will remain in their cells. They will not be allowed to work, have visitors or attend education or substance-abuse programs those days, Vail said.

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