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| $32M upgrade for prison medical unit |
| By romesentinel.com |
| Published: 10/23/2014 |
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The regional medical unit on the grounds of the state’s Mohawk Correctional Facility is growing thanks to a $32 million investment. The multi-phase expansion and renovation project will increase the number of beds provided for inmates who need long-term care from 112 to 150. On Tuesday, Walsh Regional Medical Unit hosted an event to showcase the completion of the second part of the project. Phase two took more than one year and consisted of building two long-term care units in a new structure on the campus of the medium security male prison at 6100 School Road. The third and final phase, which is presently in construction with an expected completion next September, will renovate three existing Walsh units. The facility currently employs 99 professionals who care for inmates. The expansion is expected to add 45 health care staff positions. When the project is complete, Walsh will have five units. Four will house long-term care inmates with the fifth being converted to offices, classrooms and a chapel. Walsh operates as a maximum-security unit with beds available to inmates from any of the state’s male prisons. State prison regional medical facilities are a cost-savings to taxpayers because they allow for inmates to be cared for within the prison system, thereby avoiding taking inmates to area hospitals on a daily basis, says the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. Read More. |
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