New Brunswick Plans Two Prisons
FREDERICTON, Canada — New Brunswick’s Supply and Services Ministry started development of two new prisons to alleviate capacity challenges in the provincial correctional system, according to a ministry spokesperson.
The $40 million Southeast Correctional Centre is 92,756 square feet and includes three housing units with 30 cells each. The $16.3 million, 41,519-square-feet Dalhousie Correctional Centre consists of five housing units comprised of 10 cells each.
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Report: Wisconsin Needs $1.2 Billion Prison Expansion
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin needs to spend $1.2 billion to update prison facilities and expand bed capacity during the next 10 years to tackle aging facilities and overcrowding systemwide, according to a recent study.
The Department of Corrections must add more than 8,900 beds to relieve overcrowding and replace almost 2,700 existing beds to modernize facilities for juvenile and adult offenders, according to a study conducted by planning, design, construction management and consulting services firm Mead & Hunt.
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