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Repurposing state prison's solitary unit presents challenges
By kfgo.com
Published: 06/13/2016

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Reducing the population in the 106-bed solitary confinement unit at North Dakota's new state prison has emptied an entire cell block.

Although the move seems to be ideal for addressing overcrowding at the penitentiary, it presents new challenges because the solitary unit can't be easily repurposed for general population inmates.

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation director Leann Bertsch says that she regrets the way that the unit was built.

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