Construction Foundation Design Error Caused Delay at New Secure Psychiatric Hospital

‘Construction issues’ halt work on new psychiatric hospital in Concord

State officials are looking into “construction issues” that have halted work at the new forensic psychiatric hospital being built on Clinton Street, Gov. Kelly Ayotte said at a Wednesday press conference.

Construction Foundation Design Error Caused Delay at New Secure Psychiatric Hospital

Photos of the Secure Psychiatric Unit of the State Prison for Men in Concord. Top left photo shows metal booths where some mentally ill patients receive group therapy. Top right shows a typical cell at SPU. Below photo shows the prison fencing outside the unit. By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org CONCORD – While prospective patients of a state’s new secure forensic hospital continue to wait in prison as construction of a new forensic psychiatric hospi…