The new facility will have 144 beds, 16-foot high security walls and enclosed courtyards. It will be built on the upper campus of the state hospital, replacing a building demolished in 2016.
The building will be designed to be therapeutic and ease overcrowding, hosptial officials said.
Construction is scheduled to begin in August; completion is slated for 2021.
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