July 23, 2008
CDCR Says: “Design would limit re-entry site’s use”
Design and financing restrictions for California's re-entry facilities would make it difficult to transform them into high-security prisons, a team from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation assured Monterey County officials on Tuesday.
Responding to concerns expressed by the Board of Supervisors - who in turn have heard constituents' concerns - Paula Gutierres, CDCR's deputy director of facilities planning and construction management, said the 500-bed re-entry facility planned for the old Natividad hospital site would be designed with no watchtowers, no barbed wire fences and no visible sign that the building is housing inmates…
LINK - MontereyHerald.com
