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1000 PA prisoners being sent to MI keep prison open for up to four years

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Dec. 22, 2009 Deal saves jobs at Muskegon prison 1,000 Pa. inmates to transfer to facility BY DAWSON BELL DETROIT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER A state prison in Muskegon that was slated to close in January got a reprieve Monday when corrections officials announced an agreement to house 1,000 Pennsylvania prisoners there for up to four years. The prisoners are to begin to arrive in February, a move expected to save almost all of the 264 state jobs at the Muskegon Correctional Facility, said Michigan Department of Corrections spokesman John Cordell. Michigan is to receive about $62 a day per inmate from Pennsylvania, which is seeking to ease overcrowding while new facilities are constructed. The news was welcomed by prison officials and community leaders in Muskegon...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on December 23, 2009 (boomark / email).