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MI: Closing 8 prisons by executive order of Gov.

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

"I'm just not that comfortable letting this many convicted felons out into a poor economy," said Senate Minority Leader Mike Prusi, an Ishpeming Democrat who is "furious" prison facilities in his Upper Peninsula district will be closed." "Mel Grieshaber, executive director of the Michigan Corrections Organization, a labor union for corrections officers, said too many inmates are being let out too quickly. The public better lock their doors," he said. Michigan closing 8 prison facilities to save money By DAVID EGGERT (AP) LANSING, Mich. -- Three state prisons and five prison camps will be closed to save $120 million as budget-conscious Michigan moves toward incarcerating its lowest number of inmates in a decade, Gov. Jennifer Granholm's administration said Friday...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on June 09, 2009 (boomark / email).