August 27, 2008
County seeks answers about facility
With the deadline approaching to identify a site for a proposed state prison inmate re-entry facility, county supervisors expressed concerns Tuesday about the progress being made with state prison officials.
Supervisors received a status report from county staff about efforts to choose a final site for the 500-bed facility, which would house inmates in the final year of their sentence who are due to be released to Monterey County. Identifying a site for the facility is a precursor to receiving an $80 million grant to help expand the county's already overcrowded jail.
County and Salinas officials have until Sept. 13 to formally agree on a site with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and the supervisors are set to take final action on that agreement at their next board meeting Sept. 9…
LINK - MontereyHerald.com
