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| Town weighs in on Guantanamo detainees |
| By boston.com |
| Published: 08/10/2009 |
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STANDISH, Mich. - From the road, Standish Maximum Correctional Facility looks like it could be a country resort, with lush wooded grounds surrounded by cornfields and flower beds. Prison employees and residents of this northern Michigan town are proud of the facility and want to keep it open at all costs, even if that means becoming the new home of Guantanamo Bay detainees. The news that the Obama administration is considering whether to move some detainees at the military prison in Cuba to facilities within US borders, including Standish and Fort Leavenworth, Kan., prompted Michigan’s Democratic governor, Jennifer Granholm, and several state legislators last week to voice their opposition. But residents here are most concerned about keeping some of the 340 jobs and other economic sustenance the prison provides, in a county where unemployment tops 17 percent. A hand-painted sign outside the lockup begs “Save Our Town, Save Standish Max,’’ referring to the collection of buildings behind razor-topped fencing that contains 604 beds, usually reserved for maximum-security inmates. Throughout the quaint, somewhat ramshackle borough of 1,500 people, marquees and handmade posters outside churches, bars, and Denise’s Beauty Barn carry the same message. Read More. |
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