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Dear John,
Since 2000, 21 states have fully or partially closed at least one correctional facility and reduced correctional capacity in the United States by 81,444 prison beds, according to a new report [[link removed]] released today by The Sentencing Project. This reduction in capacity reflects decades of work to reduce imprisonment rates in this country and growing public recognition that mass incarceration has not been a successful public safety strategy.
Repurposing Correctional Facilities to Strengthen Communities [[link removed]] illustrates both positive outcomes and challenges faced in accomplishing decarceration and community reinvestment goals through the closure and repurposing of correctional facilities. Examples of prison reuse projects include:
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Michigan:
The
minimum-security
Ojibway
Correctional
Facility
planned
reuse
for
business
redevelopment.
*
New
York:
Arthur
Kill
Correctional
Facility,
a
closed
medium-security
prison,
has
been
repurposed
as
a
movie
and
television
studio
while
the
minimum-
security
Mid-Orange
Correctional
Facility
is
being
reused
as
a
business
park.
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Tennessee:
Brushy
Mountain
State
Penitentiary,
a
former
maximum-security
prison,
has
been
repurposed
as
a
whisky
distillery
and
campgrounds.
*
Texas:
The
minimum-security
Dawson
State
Jail
planned
reuse
as
a
nonprofit
office
and
community
space.
*
Virginia:
The
maximum-security
Lorton
Reformatory
has
been
repurposed
to
a
mixed-use
development
of
housing
and
retail
space.
Prison closures from New York to Tennessee offer public safety approaches to redirect corrections spending to fully fund crime prevention efforts led by community stakeholders through substantial investments at the local and state level. This emerging trend is an exciting advancement and critical next step in building stronger and healthier communities and ending mass incarceration.
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Senior Director of Advocacy
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