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Rome prison medical expansion provides more security, 45 jobs
By uticaod.com- Rocco LaDuca
Published: 10/22/2014

A $32 million expansion of the state’s largest medical unit at the Mohawk Correctional Facility will be a safer and more cost-effective means to provide inmates with long-term care, officials said.

By updating the Walsh Regional Medical Unit, or RMU, and by providing more beds, it will become less likely that inmates will have to be transported out of the prison on a daily basis to be treated for more serious ailments, officials said Tuesday during a tour of the new facility.

“Security-wise, it’s much better to have them cared for inside of a correctional facility instead of an outside hospital, if possible,” said Paul Gonyea, superintendent of the Mohawk Correctional Facility.

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