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| West Memphis Correctional Site Progresses, More Prison Beds In Pine Bluff |
| By ualrpublicradio.org- Chris Hickey |
| Published: 05/26/2016 |
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A project to convert a West Memphis hospital into a facility for nonviolent offenders is nearing completion. The Arkansas Board of Corrections will be hearing updates on the renovation at its meeting Thursday. The $650,000 project will house 300 nonviolent female offenders, many of whom are now assigned to a compound in Pine Bluff, called the Southeast Arkansas Community Correction Center. Officials say the buildings there are deteriorating and can not be maintained at a reasonable cost. “We’ve used band-aids, bubble gum and bailing wire everywhere we could to try to keep them running, but time is beating us. And they’re starting to really be in serious need of a lot of extensive repairs that would cost millions and millions of dollars,” says Dina Tyler, deputy director at Arkansas Community Correction. Read More. |
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