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| State will close prison as part of budget agreement |
| By thealpenanews.com |
| Published: 06/06/2018 |
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LANSING (AP) — Michigan will close one of its 30 prisons to save $19 million in the next budget under a deal struck by lawmakers on Tuesday. The closure, due at some point in the fiscal year that starts in October, will be the second in as many years as the state’s prison population continues to decline. The West Shoreline Correctional Facility in Muskegon Heights was closed in March. Department of Corrections spokesman Chris Gautz said agency leaders do not yet have a facility in mind for the next closure, nor is there a timeline for when it will occur or information on how many employees may be laid off. The closure will be “good for taxpayers,” he said, but also “creates a lot of anxiety for our staff and for our officers and for all the people who work in our facilities.” Republican Gov. Rick Snyder had not proposed a prison closure in his budget, but Gautz said the department now agrees the population is projected to fall enough to safely close a facility. A recent consensus report estimated the number of inmates at 38,815 for the 2018-19 budget and 932 empty beds. Read More. |
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