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| Virginia Prison Shuts Down Due to Budget Cuts |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 12/20/2002 |
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About 50 employees left at Virginia's Staunton Correctional Center said goodbye to longtime colleagues and friends last week on the official last day for the prison, which was shut down by state budget cuts. The state Department of Corrections on Sept. 27 transferred the last inmates at the prison that housed 780 prisoners and employed 280 before Gov. Mark R. Warner announced the closing in September. The department found a job for her at nearby Augusta Correctional Center, but Graham has to leave management and go back to wearing the uniform of a corrections officer. The department placed 180 employees, another 80 found jobs on their own and 20 were laid off, said acting Human Resources Director Kim Greenlee. 'The department made an effort to place everybody,'' said Warden Charles Thompson, 58, who is taking early retirement. "But a lot of people had to take demotions.'' |
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