Bismarck – (Prairie Public Radio)

North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum has proposed a new state hospital in Jamestown but the House minority leader says there may be another option.

Representative Josh Boschee says he isn’t in favor of building a new state hospital in Jamestown. He says he would rather see more funding for regional and local behavioral health treatment.

Burgum proposed a new state hospital, converting the current hospital into prison space. Men would be moved there from the Missouri River correctional Center in Bismarck. Women would then move into that space from the Women’s Correctional Center in New England.