Florence complex closure tied to state’s dropping prison population
Florence Reminder & Blade Tribune
Total state prison population has declined by almost 4,000 inmates in the last year, making it easier for the state to close North Unit in Florence and transfer inmates and employees, a state corrections spokesman said.
Town Manager Brent Billingsley told the Town Council last week that it appeared the state was following through on Gov. Doug Ducey’s plan to close Arizona State Prison-Florence Complex, with a consistent lowering of the prison population.
Florence Complex includes the now-empty North Unit, which once held nearly 1,000 minimum custody inmates. The correctional officers who used to work there have been reassigned to Eyman Complex just two miles down the street.
