Total capacity once expansion is complete	2,441
Existing beds	1,603
New beds	838
Estimated cost/construction	$155 million
Jobs created	138
Estimated completion	Spring of 2009

• The state will transfer the $13 million dollar operating budget from Brushy to the new prison, creating a considerable saving.  This is in addition to the savings we already reap by co-locating two facilities and sharing various costs.
  
• The state will save $17 dollars/inmate per day on the inmates who are transferred from Brushy to the new prison.  This translates to a saving of roughly $10,030/day or $3.6 million dollars/year.
  
• Employee turnover rate for Morgan County is 8.8%... one of the lowest in the state next to Bledsoe and Wayne Counties which employs less than half the staff.
  

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