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| Torrington gets prison nod |
| By The Casper Star Tribune |
| Published: 12/20/2004 |
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The eastern Wyoming town of Torrington won out over two other candidates for a new medium-security prison because of availability of services, housing and work force, Department of Corrections Director Bob Lampert said last Tuesday. Torrington scored 81.2 percent overall in a department rating system to beat out Rawlins and Riverton as the site of the new 650-bed prison and its 300 workers, including professional contract people. Ranking second was Rawlins with an overall score of 68.8 percent, while Riverton was third with 68.31 percent. The department's recommendation now goes to the Legislature, which will make a final decision on the prison location. The gap in the overall scores between Torrington and the other two communities was due primarily to the availability of mental health, medical and other contract services and the willingness of the providers to negotiate reduced fees to treat the inmate population and staff, Lampert said during a telephone news conference. Another "huge" reason for Torrington's top score, he said, was population density and availability of the work force within a 35-mile radius of the community. The top score, however, for area work force and housing went to Riverton, Lampert said. Rawlins was a distant third because of the history of difficulties in recruiting and retaining staff at the State Penitentiary, he said. Major employers in the Torrington area do not have the same percentage of vacancies or length of vacancies. |
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