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Carr: "Doing Everything We Can" to Close Lincoln Hills

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

August 23, 2019

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The state Department of Corrections has faced prison overcrowding and staffing shortages for years, challenges which Sec.-Designee Kevin Carr says he is hoping to tackle. He says he's looking to "provide more programs and support" for those incarcerated. Carr adds he is "doing everything we can" to meet the deadline to close the embattled Lincoln Hills juvenile facility.

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