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| Officials at odds over impact of new Concord women’s prison |
| By concordmonitor.com - Jeremy Blackman |
| Published: 06/09/2014 |
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Two months before ground is officially broken on a new $38 million women’s prison, state and Concord officials appear at odds over just how much the 225-bed facility will affect the city – notably its social services. Speaking at a meeting of the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce on Friday, Assistant Commissioner William McGonagle of the corrections department told a small crowd including Mayor Jim Bouley that the city should not see a dramatic spike in its former-inmate population. Where an offender goes post-release is influenced less by the location of a prison than by that of a halfway house, and Concord already houses the state’s only female transitional unit, McGonagle said. Women there develop community ties by working locally and meeting area volunteers. Read More. |
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