NY Budget Deal Closes Three Camps
Under a deal struck between New York Governor David Paterson and Democratic legislators, three NY DOC camps will be closed. Report from the Albany Times-Union.
Camp McGregor, a minimum-security state prison in Saratoga County, is on a list of three prisons that would close under the new budget. The camp that currently has 59 inmates is part of the Mt. McGregor Correctional Facility complex. Other parts of the complex will remain open.
Two other prison camps, Camp Pharsalia in Chenango County and Camp Gabriel in Franklin County, under the deal. Paterson proposed closing four prisons in his executive budget but one, Camp Georgetown in Madison County, was spared in the final budget package. The state will save $22 million by closing the three prisons and consolidating other facilities in the Department of Correctional Sevices, according to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.