Brunswick Correctional Center

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Brunswick Correctional Center was a prison of the Virginia Department of Corrections in unincorporated Brunswick County, Virginia, near Lawrenceville. [1]

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Closing

The prison, which once had 700-800 employees, [2] had about 328.5[ sic ] employees in 2009. [3] As a part of the budget cut program from Governor of Virginia Tim Kaine, it was scheduled to close on October 10, 2009, [4] with the state believing it would per year save the state government $10,400,000. The state planned to end 164 full-time job positions. [3] The closing harmed economic prospects of the people around the area as the community did not have many other jobs. [2] Frank Ruff, a member of the Virginia Senate; [5] the county administrator, Charlette T. Wooldridge; and the county sheriff both criticized the closure. [6]

The state offered the property for sale and decreased the price, from $30 million to $10 million by 2015, when potential owners failed to materialize. That year the Virginia General Assembly approved a motion for the corrections department to demolish vacant buildings. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Brunswick." Virginia Department of Corrections. Retrieved on October 7, 2018. "1147 Planters Road [...] Lawrenceville, VA 23868"
  2. 1 2 LeComte, Alta (2011-01-05). "Brunswick prison may get new life". Sovanow.com (South Boston News & Record and Mecklenburg Sun . Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  3. 1 2 "State closing three prisons, including Brunswick". Sovanow.com (South Boston News & Record and Mecklenburg Sun. 2009-09-10. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  4. ↑ Morgan, Tara (2009-09-18). "Hundreds rally to keep Brunswick Correctional Center open". NBC 12. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  5. ↑ "Brunswick Correctional Center set to close". South Hill Enterprise. 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  6. ↑ Green, Frank (2009-09-01). "Brunswick fears economic sting of jail closing as part of budget cuts". Richmond Times-Dispatch . Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  7. ↑ "Demolition work planned at Brunswick Correctional Center". Brunswick Times-Gazette. 2015-04-14. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  8. ↑ Conley, Jay (April 3, 2005). "Haysom murders, 20 years ago today: blood sweat and convictions". The Roanoke Times . Archived from the original on 2005-06-22.

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