June 10, 2008
Questions aren’t answered about jail site proposal
Workers and residents pressed for answers Monday about a proposed adult prison hospital at the current site of a juvenile correctional facility in Camarillo, as a state lawmaker increased her criticism of the plan.
Camarillo residents and workers at the Ventura Youth Correctional Facility, which would be closed to make way for the hospital, held separate meetings Monday with state corrections officials who said they are not in charge of the proposal and could offer little concrete information about it.
The site of the youth facility north of Highway 101 near several farms and the Sterling Hills community is on the short list of potential sites for the adult medical complex that would serve high-risk offenders in need of mental and medical care, and which is still in the exploratory phase…
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