HARRISBURG - Gov. Corbett's administration is betting that it can maintain a lull in Pennsylvania's historically expanding inmate population as the state prepares to close two prisons in the western part of the state after canceling plans to build one and reopen yet another.
The Greensburg and Cresson state prisons, with about 2,400 inmates combined, will be closed in the next six months. Many of the inmates will move to the newly built Benner state prison, a 2,000-bed facility near State College that was once envisioned as a place to help house the rapidly growing prison population.
