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Friday, December 9, 1983/The Battalion/Page 3 Arkansas prison board told on overcrowding United Press International PINE BLUFF, Ark. — The state Correction Board was told Thursday that the population of the state prison system again is nearing capacity, and that as many as 600 new beds might be needed by the end of the next year. A.L. “Art” Lockhart, director of the Correction Department, said the system’s experience from March to November of this year had led to a projection that the system would see a net aver age increase of 67 inmates a month next year. The department expects to get 200 new beds when the Bi- State Criminal Justice Center at Texarkana is opened next March, but, if population pro- I ’ections are accurate. 600 more >eds will be needed before the end of the year. Griffin pre dicted that as many as 300 beds would be needed by August. “If our math is correct, by December of next year we will have 600 inmates backed up (in county jails),” Richard Earl Grif fin of Crossett, the board chair man, said, adding that he was not optimistic about any im mediate efforts to resolve the problem. “Because of the nature of cor rections and the fact that we don’t have the constituency our problems aren’t dealt with until they’re major problems. I think the next session of the Legisla ture will deal with that,” he said. Griffin said he was startled particularly by the increase in the system’s female population, which was projected at 18 per- uly. the problem was relieved tem porarily with the opening of new facilities. Amtrak toll-free number cent annually. As of Thursday, a total of 4,144 inmates were being housed in the system, leaving only 40 empty beds. The popu lation of the Women’s Unit at Pine Bluff was 206. The facility is designed to hold only 175, but Lockhart said the larger popula tion had been accommodated by double-bunking and putting beds in areas not designed for them. At one point earlier this year, about 200 inmates were backed up in the state’s county jails, but United Press International WASHINGTON — Planning a train trip for the holidays? Amtrak has a new, easy-to- remember, nationwide, toll-free number for information and re servations from anywhere in the 48 continental states. Just dial 1 (800) USA-RAIL. The new number replaces a dozen differing regional 800 numbers. People who call the old numbers hear a recorded message giving the new one. In addition, local seven-digit num bers are available in many larger cities for information and reser vations. 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