Commissioners to break ground on new prison

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SUNBURY, Pa. (AP) — Officials in central Pennsylvania will break ground on a new prison. WKOK-AM reports (http://bit.ly/2olOKmv) county commissioners have scheduled the event for the new Northumberland County Prison at 9:30 a.m. Friday. The prison complex will be built at the former site of Coal Township's Northwestern Academy, which was destroyed in a fire in 2015. Officials say the prison will hold 186 inmates. Commissioner Sam Schiccatano says the complex may include a drug rehab facility and a homeless shelter. Schiccatano says he is considering moving the Weatherization Department to the site as well. The prison is scheduled to open in a year. ___ Information from: WKOK-AM, http://www.wkok.com