“Out of our 17 state correctional institutions, 15 work centers and six community corrections centers, only a small number of them were built as correctional facilities. The others are retrofitted boys’ homes, mental health facilities, motels or some other facility. Those that were built as correctional facilities weren’t meant to hold the volume that we’re housing. This places a strain on infrastructure and is posing a major concern.”
– Marilyn Davidson, a legislative liaison for the Department of Corrections. The state’s prisons house over 28,000 inmates and are currently operating at 112 percent capacity (Source)