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Funding approved for new federal prison at Leavenworth

By Greg Bebermeyer

06/16/2020

Senator Jerry Moran

(KNZA)--Congress has approved $356 million in funding to construct a new federal correctional institute and satellite federal prison camp in Leavenworth.

Senator Jerry Moran, in a release Monday, announced the funding for the project.

The Kansas Republican said the new facilities will bring the Leavenworth prison system into the 21st century, while also providing hundreds of jobs during the multi-year construction of the facilities.

Moran said its one of the largest federal projects undertaken in Kansas in the last few years. He said he will continue to work with the city of Leavenworth and the Federal Bureau of Prisons to get the project to completion.

This project will replace older buildings at the penitentiary and help modernize the Leavenworth prison system.

The new facilities will be built on land owned by the Bureau of Prisons. The Bureau of Prisons is currently conducting an environmental impact study before construction can begin.

Congress appropriated $175 million for the project in fiscal year 2019 and the additional $181 million in fiscal year 2020.

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