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| New Alaskan Prison Suffers Questions |
| By istockanalyst.com |
| Published: 03/04/2011 |
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March 04--The new mega-prison rising up in a remote area of the Mat-Su is drawing heat from state lawmakers. One influential Republican senator is exploring whether the state would be better off if it never opened. A Democrat says the prison project may be little more than an effort for the borough to realize its dream of an economic boom. At more than 1,500 beds, the Goose Creek Correctional Center will be Alaska's biggest prison by far. If and when it opens, the state expects to bring home some 1,000 inmates now housed in a Colorado private prison and relieve crowding in regional prisons around the state. Goose Creek is about 80 percent complete and expected to ramp up gradually starting in March 2012. "A city within a city," says Corrections Commissioner Joe Schmidt. Read More. |
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