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Archive Home > 2007 > December > 27 > Next phase of Madras prison put on hold – indefinitely

Next phase of Madras prison put on hold – indefinitely

By Lauren Dake / The Bulletin
December 27, 2007

The opening of the 1,223-bed medium-security prison of the Deer Ridge Correctional Institution in Madras has been postponed indefinitely and with it more than 200 jobs.

Inmates were slated to arrive from all over the state beginning in February. Instead, the medium-security portion of the prison....

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