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News Feature: Female Inmates' Lawsuit Spurs Action Among Lawmakers

April 11, 2013

Nearly 24 years after the courts first ordered a new facility for female inmates, the New Hampshire House has approved a capital budget with $38 million set aside for a 224-bed women’s prison in Concord.

NHPR’s Emily Corwin tells us how a class action lawsuit is driving lawmakers to act now.

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