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| Corrections poised to add inmates at two prisons |
| By bluemountaineagle.com- Paris Achen |
| Published: 06/03/2016 |
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SALEM — Despite a $55 million investment in programs to reduce the prison population, the Department of Corrections is poised to spend $4 million before fall to add beds at two minimum-security institutions. The legislative Emergency Board approved the additional allocation to the Department of Corrections May 25. The money will pay for additional staff and security equipment at Deer Ridge Correctional Institution in Madras and prepare the mothballed Oregon State Penitentiary-Minimum in Salem to accept female inmates. The department already received $2.5 million in February to move 787 male inmates from a minimum-security facility to a larger vacant medium-security building at Deer Ridge, where there is room to add more beds. Another $3 million approved last month will pay security equipment to complete the move and add 200 beds to the prison. The Emergency Board also approved 33 additional positions at the prison to serve the additional anticipated inmates. Read More. |
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