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| Colorado closing Canon City prison |
| By cbsnews.com - AP - Kristen Wyatt |
| Published: 03/20/2012 |
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DENVER — Colorado will close a second state prison in two years because of a declining inmate population, the state Department of Corrections announced Monday. About 200 jobs at Colorado State Penitentiary II in Canon City, also called the South Tower of Centennial Correctional Facility, will be cut or moved to other prisons. The facility, known as "CSP II," has 316 high-security beds. The state said CSP II would be closed by February 2013, for a savings of $4.5 million next year. The Department of Corrections cited the declining state inmate population and less use of solitary confinement, or "administrative segregation," which was the main use of CSP II. Colorado's total inmate population fell to 21,562 last month from a peak of 23,220 in July 2009. Officials have attributed the inmate decline to revised sentencing laws that reduce penalties for certain drug convictions. They also credited efforts to keep paroled prisoners from having to be sent back to prison. Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper lauded the prison closure Monday. "Let's hope that this continues, that we have less folks in prison," Hickenlooper said. "This is good news. It means we have some difficult decisions, but this is good news." Read More. |
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