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| 'House' in need of corrections |
| By seacoastonline.com - Elizabeth Dinan |
| Published: 11/26/2012 |
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NH - GOFFSTOWN — Twenty-three years ago, the state of New Hampshire entered into a temporary agreement to lease the former Hillsborough County jail for use as a women's prison. The lease agreement continues today for a building where roof leaks now drip into plastic buckets, inmate showers don't ventilate, vintage linoleum floors are cracked, pipes leak, and medical records are kept on paper and stored on an unsecured bookcase. A mystery odor fills the prison, from the small gym and library, to a former day room that now houses 22 double-bunked female prisoners. For this, the state pays $250,000 a year to Hillsborough County for lease of the building, which one inmate said smells like "mold and mildew everywhere." "We did a little work to make it more secure," said Department of Corrections spokesman Jeff Lyons. "But it's still a jail, there's no maximum security." Read More. |
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