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| Proposal could reopen Lumberton prison |
| By robesonian.com- Bob Shiles |
| Published: 06/06/2014 |
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LUMBERTON — The Robeson County Correctional Center that was closed last year as a cost-cutting measure may be reopened to house individuals who violate their probation or parole. The proposal has been approved by the Senate, but now must be approved in the House. The recently approved Senate version of the 2014-15 budget allocates $3.7 million for a minimum security facility, which is not technically a prison, to house and provide treatment programs for probation violators. The creation of this facility comes out of the 2011 Justice Reinvestment Act that provides programs that are aimed at ridding the prison population of repeat offenders. Read More. |
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