Mass. Correctional Project To Bid Soon

CHICOPEE, Boston — The Division of Capital Asset Management will seek bids to expand the MA Regional Women’s Correctional Center in Chicopee.

The tentative bid date on a new housing unit on the center’s grounds is scheduled for mid- to-late July.

San Diego-based Kleinfelder SEA is serving as the architect and Daniel O’Connell & Sons, which has two offices in Mass. and one in Conn., is serving as the construction manager on the $9 million, CM managed project.

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Clarke to Lead Virginia DOC

RICHMOND, Va. — Harold Clarke has been named as director of the Virginia Department of Corrections.

Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell appointed Clarke, who has served as a commissioner with Massachusetts’ corrections system since 2007. Clarke will oversee a system with 32,000 inmates in 44 prisons and more than 11,500 employees. Clarke succeeds Virginia DOC director Gene Johnson.

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Clarke to Lead Virginia DOC

RICHMOND, Va. — Harold Clarke has been named as director of the Virginia Department of Corrections.

Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell appointed Clarke, who has served as a commissioner with Massachusetts’ corrections system since 2007. Clarke will oversee a system with 32,000 inmates in 44 prisons and more than 11,500 employees. Clarke succeeds Virginia DOC director Gene Johnson.

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