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Newshawk: MarkP
Pubdate: Wed, 25 Sep 2002
Source: Omaha World-Herald (NE)
Copyright: 2002 Omaha World-Herald Company
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Website: http://www.omaha.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/320
Author: Chris Clayton
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/meth.htm (Methamphetamine)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/rehab.htm (Treatment)
WOMEN'S CORRECTIONS FACILITY IN BLUFFS NEW BUT EMPTY
COUNCIL BLUFFS - While state officials say methamphetamine use among women
keeps soaring, a women's halfway house built last year to help female
prisoners with drug problems remains empty. Ready to open last November,
the women's Residential Correctional Facility in Council Bluffs was built
to house up to 26 women, but it remains closed. Officials of the 4th
Judicial District officials maintain the facility by checking on lights,
running water and flushing the toilets just to make sure the place doesn't
slide into disrepair.
"That's one of the facilities I catch the most flak on," said Delbert King,
a Pottawattamie County supervisor who sits on the 4th Judicial District
Board. Matt Gelvin, director of the judicial district, said it would take
about $618,000 to run the facility for a year, but the judicial district is
about $525,000 short. He is hopeful that a recommended 9.4 percent budget
increase for the Iowa Department of Corrections next year will allow the
facility to open.
"Right now, we don't have the operating funds to hire staff and put the
programs in place," Gelvin said.
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MAP posted-by: Terry Liittschwager
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