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| State Prison Still May Become Federal |
| By detnews.com |
| Published: 08/03/2010 |
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Washington -- Federal officials will once again visit the state prison in Standish to consider it for conversion to a federal facility, Rep. Bart Stupak's office announced today. The visit comes at the request of Stupak, Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Patricia L. Caruso, the state's director for the Department of Corrections. Federal officials toured the facility late last summer to consider it for housing prisoners if the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba closes. Officials said the Standish facility is being considered to relieve overcrowding at other federal facilities, but isn't under consideration for relocating suspected terrorists from Guantanamo. Read More. |
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