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PA: New Bigger Prison to Proposed to Replace Graterford

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

New state prison planned Thursday, February 19, 2009 By KEITH PHUCAS Times Herald Staff COURTHOUSE ? Pennsylvania is planning to replace Graterford Prison with a new facility to reduce overcrowding, and construction could begin as early as next fall, according to the state?s Department of General Services. Once the new facility is constructed, the prison would house up to 4,000 inmates, according to Ed Myslewicz, a spokesman for the state Department of General Services. The construction could cost between $350 million and $400 million. The prison population in Pennsylvania has grown by 21 percent over the past six years from 37,995 in 2001 to more than 49,300 today in the state?s 27 correctional institutions, according to Department of Corrections figures...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 20, 2009 (boomark / email).