Governor LePage wants to build a new prison, with 100 million dollars in bond money.
Maine's medium-security prison in Windham has been added on to in stages through the years.
The plans call for eight of the center's eleven buildings to be torn down.
The prison is a minimum and medium security facility.
Right now it has about 620 inmates.
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