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Archive Home > 2005 > July > 28 > Critics balk at leaving prison idle

Critics balk at leaving prison idle

By James Sinks / The Bulletin
July 28, 2005

SALEM - Under the state budget compromise struck this week by legislative leaders, a long-anticipated Madras prison complex will be built - but then would stand vacant for nine months before inmates start arriving.

That delay - while expected to save $10.6 million that could be used elsewhere in....

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