May 26, 2009
Mental-health center could be built at California Men’s Colony
The California Men's Colony in San Luis Obispo has been targeted for a $63.7 million facility where state prison inmates would be treated during mental-health crises, CMC officials say.
The state Department of Public Works is overseeing the planning of the stand-alone building at the prison and aims to have it open by 2013.
State prison officials say funding for the project would come from California's lease-revenue bond pot designated for jail construction under Assembly Bill 900. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the bill in 2007; it appropriates $1.2 billion for jail construction through bonds…
LINK - SanLuisObispo.com
