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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Federal Correctional Institution, Sheridan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The housing units located at the Prison CampSheridan, Oregon, began campaigning to be the site of the first federal prison in Oregon in 1981. Then Senator Mark Hatfield and Congressman Les AuCoin worked to help get Sheridan Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Federal Correctional Institution, Sheridan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The housing units located at the Prison CampSheridan, Oregon, began campaigning to be the site of the first federal prison in Oregon in 1981. Then Senator Mark Hatfield and Congressman Les AuCoin worked to help get Sheridan selected as the site for the prison. Federal prison officials began looking at sites around Sheridan to build a proposed $50 million minimum and medium security prison in 1985. Plans called for the prison to be built on farmland south of the city. Some local residents opposed building the facility near Sheridan and created a group to fight the government. In August 1986, the 182-acre (74 ha) location south of Sheridan was approved by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. These early plans called for a 250 person minimum security unit, a 550 person minimum security unit, with a total cost of $48 million. The Delphian School's campus was also a candidate for the location of the prison. State and county governments expanded Sheridan's urban growth boundary to include the prison site in 1986, which opponents then fought in court. These efforts, along with two ballot measures in November 1986, all failed, and groundbreaking for construction was held in March 1987. Local businesses and the city had sought the prison to provide jobs in the area. Sheridan expanded its water and wastewater treatment systems at a cost of $2.2 million as part of the project. FCI Sheridan opened in May 1989 with George Killinger as the warden. Oregon's first federal prison cost $52 million dollars to build. Construction began in 1987 with a design to hold 550 inmates at the prison portion and an additional 256 camp prisoners. Portland's Hoffman Construction Company built the pris. More: Books, , Prisons-in-Oregon~~Books-LLC, , , , , , , , , , General Books LLC<