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| Adams County, Penn. OKs less expensive cable deal for prison |
| By The Evening Sun |
| Published: 10/10/2003 |
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A week after rejecting an $83,000 bid to install television cable at the new Adams County, Penn. Prison, commissioners last Wednesday approved a much less expensive deal for cable installation. Commissioners voted unanimously to pay Morefield Communications $10,000 for the job. Cable service at the prison will be provided by Adelphia, but until Wednesday no vendor had been secured to run cable to prison televisions. Cable will be run throughout the facility. And inmates will have access to cable television in common areas, called pods, said Commissioner Thomas Weaver. Between 15 and 18 cells surround a pod, he said. Weaver said Wednesday no deal has been finalized with Adelphia. Because of that, he said he's unsure how much cable service at the prison will cost the county per month. Commissioners, however, plan to purchase the most basic cable package available, Weaver said. Weaver said commissioners have decided to purchase cable service for the prison because such facilities are required by law to provide recreational activities for inmates. Providing access to television is "an easy way to provide rec time," he said. Also, the cable will be used for internal broadcasting, like instructions to inmates, he said. The $10,000 contract for cable installation was one of two deals commissioners inked Wednesday with Morefield Communications. Commissioners also authorized purchasing a closed circuit television security system from Morefield. The system will be installed by Morefield at the Emergency Services Training Facility on Granite Station Road. Purchase and installation costs for the system total $14,955. The commissioners anticipated opening the new $36 million prison in mid- to late-November. But Straban Township officials Monday said they plan to withhold an occupancy permit for the prison until the county has hired a firm to complete promised improvements to the intersection of Granite Station Road and Route 30. The prison is along Granite Station Road and the $200,000 intersection improvement project was one of the conditions attached to Straban's approval of the prison site. Weaver reiterated Wednesday that he doesn't expect Straban's ultimatum regarding the occupancy permit to delay the prison's opening. |
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