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MS: 'Recession-proof' prison jobs say fed prison boosters

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Large crowd turns out for new prison Feb. 23, 2011 By CHRIS ALLEN BAKER Scott County Times MORTON ? A lucky group of people arrived in time to find seats while others lined the walls and others stood outside during a standing room-only public hearing last Tuesday to voice their support for a proposed federal prison in Morton. In a second bid for such a project, the city made it further in the selection process than it did two years ago. This time around, officials from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons visited Morton to receive public input about the project. Morton is now one of three finalists, and the only location in Mississippi, as prospects for a $100 million facility that would be located on Highway 13 south near Interstate 20. A location in Michigan was recently eliminated from consideration...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 23, 2011 (boomark / email).