May 14, 2008
Reforms could add 2,000 beds at Deuel
TRACY - Under state prison reform plans, Deuel Vocational Institution, a medium-security facility near Tracy, might add 2,000 new beds, the prison's acting warden told a group of community leaders Tuesday.
Deuel's Steven Moore said part of a $7.7 billion prison reform bill signed into law one year ago could pay for construction of 500 new beds at the Tracy prison to relieve overcrowding.
Deuel also is being considered for a 1,500-bed medical center, he said.
The federal appointee overseeing California's prison health care system said the location of youth prisons south of Stockton also has been discussed for possible expansion and is even more likely to be picked for a regional medical center for adult inmates…
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