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| Senate OKs reopening Mich. prison for Vermont inmates |
| By detroitnews.com- Gary Heinlein |
| Published: 05/28/2015 |
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Lansing — The State Senate voted Wednesday to allow Vermont inmates at a mothballed private prison as critics labeled the move as risky profiteering and the first step in a hidden privatization agenda for Michigan’s corrections facilities. Detroit Sen. Coleman Young charged that legislation allowing the reopening of the prison near Baldwin “is nothing more than an opportunity to profit privately off corrections ... off the poor decisions of others.” Backers of the House-passed bill, who prevailed on a 23-14 vote, said the facility would provide 150 or more jobs in financially strapped Lake County by taking in prisoners from Vermont and, possibly, from other states. “I challenge you to go to Lake County,” said Sen. Goeff Hansen, R-Hart. “I challenge you to talk to the people of Lake County.” Read More. |
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