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| Avoyelles Detention Center in Bunkie closed; inmates moved to Marksville |
| By avoyellestoday.com- Garland Forman |
| Published: 02/27/2017 |
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It has a been a rumor for a couple of weeks but on Friday, February 24, the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office closed Avoyelles Detention Center #2 in Bunkie. The last of the inmates were transferred out of the prison at 5 p.m. on Friday and a letter was sent to the 50 employees working at the facility, Sheriff Doug Anderson said the prison was closed due to three reasons. The first was a significant decline of the male population from the Louisiana Department of Corrections (DOC) that has affected the APSO budget. Second, was the increase cost of prescribed offender medical treatment in addition to the continuous budgetary strain of maintaining and operating an aged correctional facility. Read More. |
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