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| Pa. Trims Corrections Costs by Relocating Inmates in Need of Radiation Treatment |
| By routefifty.com- Bill Lucia |
| Published: 05/11/2016 |
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By temporarily relocating inmates in need of radiation treatment to a single prison facility, Gov. Tom Wolf’s office said Monday that Pennsylvania was able to shave about a half-million dollars off of its corrections spending, which currently totals upwards of $2 billion annually. The state’s Department of Corrections last year began consolidating people requiring radiation therapy at the State Correctional Institution at Somerset. In doing so, the department says it cut down costs incurred by moving people from facility-to-facility in order to provide the treatment. “This consolidation of inmates uses DOC resources, specifically transportation officers and vehicles, more efficiently,” Corrections Secretary John Wetzel said in a statement Monday. Read More. |
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