Report proposes transitional housing for Windsor prison

The Southeast State Correctional Facility in Windsor. The original dormitory was built in 1916 by warden Ralph Walker who started a farm run by inmates. Photo by James M. Patterson/Valley News(This story by correspondent Patrick O’Grady was published in the Valley News on Nov. 1, 2017.)
WINDSOR — A report from the Department of Corrections released on Tuesday estimates it would cost $1.3 million to convert the newly shuttered prison off County Road into a secure transitional housing