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New York Installs 3,000 Prison Beds

Loaded on March 15, 1992 published in Prison Legal News March, 1992, page 5
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Overcrowding. Location: New York.
New York installs 3,000 Prison Beds

In December the New York state DOC began installing 3,000 new bunks in 10 prisons as part of a $40 million emergency program designed to help with overcrowding. The state also hired 760 new guards, many of whom had been laid off in 1991. ...

 

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