From Spokane’s Spokesman-Review

Two dozen workers in East Spokane are building more than 200 prefabricated prison cells that will be shipped by truck to Oliver as components of a new corrections center there.The two bed cells are being cast in pairs for trucking to Oliver. They are virtually complete with anti graffiti paint, sleeping platforms, desk, toilet, sink and heavy duty door.

The 81 square foot units are far from inviting. They have four inch high window slits in the outer wall and an even smaller window in the heavy duty door. Looking at one of the cells, Dave Atkinson, a finishing foreman at the plant, observed, “It wouldn’t be a fun place to live.”

In all, the Spokane plant is building 211 two cell modules, six single cell
modules and 32 shower modules. They will be stacked inside the $193 million prison project that’s being built in a public private partnership on land leased from the Osoyoos Indian Band.

The new prison is part of a broader program to upgrade and expand correctional facilities in the province.