Minimum security unit prepared for mentally ill inmates

Life is changing inside the state prison complex in Monroe as Herald writer Andy Rathbun reports in Sunday's print edition.

"In a first for the state, the Monroe Correctional Complex will begin housing a group of mentally ill offenders next month in its lowest security setting.

"By April, 90 prisoners may move into a renovated minimum security building. The group will further cement the prison's role as the state's top destination for mentally ill convicts."

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