The Haywood Correctional Center will close. The state mandated the closure of four prisons in a cost-saving measure. The only prison protected from consideration was the Bladen County facility. The exemption is described as the reward for a senator who crossed party lines to approve the budget. The closings are expected to cut 203 positions and save the state $10.7 annually. The state is trying to transfer most people being laid off to other state positions. If they cannot get a job in the private sector, they can go on the dole.
New state laws require counties to house misdemeanants. The state will pay $40/day for their incarceration. With correctional officers making conservatively $30,000 plus benefits a year in North Carolina, how much will the state really save?
