NewsSeptember 23, 2001
Governor cuts ribbon on new Charleston prison
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Gov. Bob Holden was among those cutting the ribbon Friday on the new $72 million Southeast Correctional Center. The primarily maximum-security prison is expected to start accepting inmates in early October. Eventually, it will hold up to 1,596 male prisoners...
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CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Gov. Bob Holden was among those cutting the ribbon Friday on the new $72 million Southeast Correctional Center.
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The primarily maximum-security prison is expected to start accepting inmates in early October. Eventually, it will hold up to 1,596 male prisoners.
The Charleston prison is the 13th project completed since the Missouri Department of Corrections began an expansion in the mid-1990s.
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