September 10, 2008
Kings Co. delays prison program land sale
Feeling heat from angry residents, the Kings County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday backed off selling 15 acres of county property to the state so it could build a 500-bed re-entry program for state prison inmates a year from being set free.
The county simply took no action on signing a proposed agreement for a site with the state, but voted 3-2 to seek a 30-day extension from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation so it could find a better site that might draw less community opposition.
Supervisor Tony Oliveira proposed the extension on grounds that "the general public has not had time to have input" on where the facility would go. He got support from fellow supervisors Tony Barba and Joe Neves…
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