By Jason Hoppin
Santa Cruz Sentinel
LA SELVA BEACH — Santa Cruz County looks to be a shoo-in for a $24.6 million state grant to overhaul an underutilized minimum security facility at the Rountree Detention Center into a campus to help inmates lead more productive lives on the outside.
The likely award was announced Thursday by the state Board of State and Community Correction, which is overseeing the distribution of $500 million to California counties to help with the impacts of prison realignment. The board must approve the awards next month.
“I think it’s very good for not only our correction system, but our community as well,” Sheriff-Coroner Phil Wowak said.
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