March 7, 2008
State correctional center inmates moved to ease overcrowding
Inmates at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City began moving into a 240-bed modular housing unit Monday as part of the state's efforts to ease crowding in the bulging prison population.
The move coincides with the release of an unprecedented national report last week from the Pew Center on the States showing that one out of every 99.1 American adults is in jail or prison, the highest ratio of any country in the world.
"We're at capacity and more," said Greg Smith, a planning specialist with the state Department of Corrections. "We've had to utilize some public areas such as classrooms and foyers (within prisons) for housing. We are very much looking forward to the new buildings."
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