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| Impact of shift at Chowchilla prison debated |
| By mercedsunstar.com - JOSHUA EMERSON SMITH |
| Published: 01/04/2012 |
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California -- Corrections officials tried to appease Chowchilla and Madera County leaders Tuesday during a special meeting to discuss the possible impact from the conversion of Valley State Prison for Women to a men's facility. The meeting came less than a week before the filing deadline for legal challenges to a self-granted California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation exemption allowing the department to bypass an impact study of the conversion. Local officials repeatedly have demanded that the state prison system do an impact analysis, accusing state prison officials of violating the California Environmental Quality Act. "We believe there will be impacts to our community," said David Rogers, a Madera County supervisor. "This experiment cannot and should not be born by the city of Chowchilla and the county of Madera without adequate compensation." Deborah Hysen, deputy director of facility planning, construction and management for the state prison system, strongly disagreed. "We looked very carefully at CEQA and believe very firmly that it's not a project under CEQA," she said. "To be thorough, we did file a notice of exemption. We feel we've made a good decision and it's supported by our findings." Read More. |
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