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Atwater backs new site for women’s correctional facility

In an effort to keep the jobs and tax dollars of a proposed female rehabilitation center in Atwater, the City Council endorsed a new site for the facility away from the first choice near a local school.

On Monday night, the City Council unanimously voted to send a letter to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation backing the change of location for the facility.

The letter would support the effort of Chris Cammack, the developer of the proposed 100-bed Female Rehabilitation Community Correctional Center…

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