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New York Installs 3,000 Prison Beds
Loaded on March 15, 1992
published in Prison Legal News
March, 1992, page 5
New York installs 3,000 Prison BedsIn December the New York state DOC began installing 3,000 new bunks in 10 prisons as part of a $40 million emergency program designed to help with overcrowding. The state also hired 760 new guards, many of whom had been laid off in 1991. ...
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