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State proposes leasing 90 beds at Grand Forks jail as short-term correctional capacity
Summary
Department of Corrections officials told the Senate Appropriations committee they plan to lease part of the underused Grand Forks Correctional Center to house about 90 state inmates starting in July 2025, pending a lease with the county and hiring of staff.
The Department of Corrections told the Senate Appropriations Committee that it plans to lease a portion of the Grand Forks Correctional Center from Grand Forks County to create roughly 90 state correctional beds that could be available as soon as July 2025.
Colby (Staff member, Department of Corrections) said the county-built facility currently lacks staff and that the department would operate the leased portion as a state facility with state employees. “It'll be it'll be leased from the county as a state facility,” Colby said. He added: “This is going to put 90 beds that we can use…
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