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| CO Prison Closure Could Hurt Locals |
| By agjournalonline.com |
| Published: 03/15/2011 |
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Denver, Colo. — Bent County is bracing for what locals say could be a back breaker—a decision pending before legislative budgeters this week over whether to close a prison in the area. The Fort Lyon prison lies just outside the Lower Arkansas River community of Las Animas in Bent County and is home to nearly 500 elderly and infirm minimum-security inmates. The prison employs just over 200 people in a county that has a population of 4,700. County officials say the economic impact of shutting the facility would be the equivalent of losing 12,000 jobs in Denver. The move to close the prison is a cost-saving measure endorsed by the Department of Corrections and Gov. John Hickenlooper as well as a signal that recidivism rates are on the decline—generally a welcome development. In southeastern Colorado, however, the potential for closing the prison is a cause of great concern. “I really question whether this facility is the right one to eliminate due to recidivism,” said Sen. Kevin Grantham, R-Canon City. “The cost per inmate will actually go up when they are taken out of this facility.” Grantham argues that since the inmate population served by the facility consists of prisoners with special needs due to their advanced age or infirmities, the cost of their care would escalate when they are transferred to prisons ill-equipped for their needs. He likens the care to that of an assisted-living facility. Read More. |
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