State OKs waivers for extra Suffolk inmates
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Steve Bellone speaks about his transition to the county executive seat in his office at Babylon Town Hall. (Dec. 20, 2011)
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The State Commission on Corrections Wednesday voted to reinstate Suffolk's waivers to house extra inmates -- saving $3 million this year -- if the county can prove it can successfully evacuate prisoners from a bubble detention site in Yaphank.
The commission made the restoration of variances contingent on Suffolk holding a successful evacuation drill in Yaphank Thursday -- overseen by a state...
