Corrections Headlines

Former NCWF gets ready to become state’s first “Re-Entry” prison

Few local residents know much about a former women's prison that sits idle on Arch Road about two miles east of Highway 99.

Aside from the wind, little has blown through the prison's concertina wire fences since the state closed it in 2003. An occasional film crew has set up, and correctional officials use the empty cellblocks to practice tactical maneuvers.

The prison will soon get a new life…

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