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Archive Home > 2008 > April > 14 > A freeze at Deer Ridge, but ballot may thaw it

A freeze at Deer Ridge, but ballot may thaw it

Lack of inmates delays opening of the medium-security section

By Lauren Dake / The Bulletin
April 14, 2008

April’s statewide prison population growth rate, released last week, confirmed the likely delay of the opening of the medium-security portion of Deer Ridge Correctional Institution until 2009.

Prison officials announced in December that the 1,223-bed, medium-security prison near Madras....

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