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| Prison closing rejected |
| By Detroit Free Press |
| Published: 05/09/2007 |
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JACKSON, MI - State plans to cut Michigan's budget deficit by closing a Jackson prison have been rejected by a federal judge, who said the move is an attempt to avoid a long-standing lawsuit over the care of inmates. U.S. District Judge Richard Enslen in Kalamazoo issued the ruling Friday, the same day a federal jury in Lansing awarded $2.75 million to the family of Jeffrey Clark, 39, who died of dehydration on July 4, 2002, at another prison, the Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility in Ionia. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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