May 6, 2009
Yolo supervisors sentence Yolo prison idea to the scrap heap
The Yolo County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to kill construction of a proposed rural state re-entry prison.
Supervisors decided that with a looming $24 million budget deficit and limited staff resources, continuing to pursue the re-entry prison is no longer worth the time and effort.It was a different story last September, when supervisors offered the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation a site in the small community of Madison, against the angry protests of rural residents.
In the deal, Yolo County was eligible for $30 million for an expansion of its overcrowded jail in Woodland. The funding was part a statewide prison reform effort, signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in May 2007…
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