Officials study costs to close 3 Oklahoma prisons

 
BY JULIE BISBEE
Published: April 8, 2009

Senate leaders have requested information about the costs of closing some older state prisons, but say there are no immediate plans to shutter the sites.

Last week, the state Department of Corrections sent Senate President Pro Tempore Glenn Coffee, R- Oklahoma City , a report detailing costs of closing three medium-security prisons. The prisons studied were selected by the department.

The report examined the cost...


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