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Posted: 11:51 AM Nov 17, 2009
VA Jail to Expand to Hold More Inmates
DUBLIN, Va. (AP) The New River Valley Regional Jail is expanding to allow for hundreds more inmates and provide more than 100 new jobs.
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The New River Valley Regional Jail is expanding to allow for hundreds more inmates and provide more than 100 new jobs.
The expansion includes new housing units, a new kitchen and a new state-of-the-art security system. It is scheduled to be complete by the beginning of January.
Superintendent Gerald McPeak says the project's guaranteed maximum price is $55.2 million.
The jail serves Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Giles, Grayson, Pulaski and Wythe counties and the city of Radford. It is currently rated to hold 371 inmates but double-bunks to hold twice that number.
The jail was crowded with 755 inmates a few weeks ago, which was the most it has ever held at one time.
The expansion will add 488 beds, allowing it to hold 1,188 double-bunked inmates.
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