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| Senators denounce proposals for Md. prison |
| By Baltimore Sun |
| Published: 11/24/2003 |
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Reacting angrily to a proposal to build a federal maximum-security prison in eastern Baltimore County, Maryland's two U.S. senators have told Attorney General John Ashcroft they are "adamantly opposed" to such a facility there, or anywhere else in the state. Dundalk is one of four Maryland sites being reviewed by the Justice Department for a 1,750-bed prison. But Sens. Barbara A. Mikulski and Paul S. Sarbanes wrote to Ashcroft demanding that all four sites "be immediately withdrawn from consideration." "We are especially troubled that these objectionable and ill-conceived plans were hidden from the local jurisdictions until recently," the lawmakers wrote this week in a letter released yesterday. Along with Dundalk, three locations in Prince George's County were named as potential prison sites by private companies seeking to build and operate the facilities. Also weighing in against the Dundalk proposal was Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, the former Baltimore County executive, who vowed in a letter to Ashcroft to "use all my resources and power to stop this facility from moving forward." |
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