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| ND likely to ship inmates out of state to curb overcrowding |
| By chron.com- James Macpherson |
| Published: 10/27/2015 |
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Negotiations are underway to send North Dakota inmates to an out-of-state private lockup to relieve overcrowding that's due largely to an increased population spurred by oil development, the state's top prison administrator said. "There are too many inmates and not enough capacity," said Leann Bertsch, director of the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. North Dakota's prison system topped 1,800 inmates last week, a record level for inmate numbers and 500 more than ideal, Bertsch said. "It's very likely" an agreement will be reached soon to send some North Dakota inmates by year's end to a lockup in Colorado that is among some 60 detention facilities owned or managed nationwide by the Corrections Corporation of America, based in Nashville, Tennessee. Read More. |
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