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Burley Morton Detention Center and DOCR near agreement to reserve 120 beds for state overflow
Summary
Burley Morton officials told the subcommittee they agreed terms with DOCR for a 120‑bed minimum‑security pod to house DOCR overflow and that legal and county governance approvals were pending, with formal signoff expected within days. County officials said they will host DOCR staff and provide correctional security.
Major Trent Longan, assistant jail administrator and president of the North Dakota Correctional Center Administrators Association, told the Government Finance Regional Jail Study Subcommittee that Burley Morton Detention Center and DOCR have agreed on terms for a minimum‑security 120‑bed pod dedicated to DOCR overflow and treatment‑eligible inmates.
Longan said the pod is a completed shell within the facility; the parties had settled terms and were awaiting…
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