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Beaumont Correctional closes its doors
By richmond.com- Laura McFarland
Published: 06/23/2017

POWHATAN – After more than a year of planning, the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice was on target with the closing of Beaumont Juvenile Correctional Center in Powhatan County this month.

As of June 1, the entire incarcerated youth population had been transferred out to Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center in Chesterfield County, and as of June 9, all of the staff except for those who are responsible for the closeout of the facility were transferred to either Bon Air or other facilities, according to Andrew K. Block Jr., director of the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ). The closing of the prison, which was announced in May 2016, is ahead of the original projected closing date of June 30.

“As of today, there are about 25 people working at Beaumont to inventory property, take care of the records and all of those kinds of things,” Block said on June 14. “The plan is it will be officially mothballed on Sept. 9. There will be a skeleton crew after that to maintain the buildings, make sure the property is secure, and maintain the property.”

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