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Baseball stadium to be constructed near Central Unit in Sugar Land: Will state close the facility?

The city of Sugar Land will build a minor league baseball stadium at the intersection of state highways 90 and 6 near the Department of Criminal Justice's Central Unit, which the city has asked the state to close. State Sen. John Whitmire and others (including your correspondent here on Grits) have identified the Central Unit as one of the most obvious units to target for potential closure in the face of declining inmate numbers and a massive budget shortfall, but TDCJ failed to suggest closing a single facility among its 112 units in its recent Legislative Appropriations Request. Perhaps this decision will help spur the Lege to close the facility, which was built in 1909 and has among the highest per-inmate costs in the state, and let the city put the property to higher, better uses.continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on September 23, 2010 (boomark / email).