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PA: ?We can retain our freedom on the outside because of the people that are locked up in here?

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

?We can retain our freedom on the outside because of the people that are locked up in here,? said Commissioner Chairman Brian Smith. ?That fight for freedom doesn?t stop in our armies,? he said, but includes judges, juries, public defenders, corrections officers and others. ?That?s why our prison was so important.? Ribbon-cutting signals opening of the new facility Mary Baldwin 22.MAY.08 The Weekly Almanac, Honesdale, PA In his invocation at the ribbon-cutting for the new Wayne County Correctional Facility in Texas Township on Friday morning, the Rev. Edward Finn prayed for those who will be incarcerated there. ?Help them make positive decisions about their future,? he said. Father Finn, senior priest at St. John the Evangelist Parish, Honesdale, was among those who were involved in the early stages of planning for the new facility, said Wayne County Commissioner Tony Herzog, who helped guide the county through a legal morass during the planning stages for the jail...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on May 28, 2008 (boomark / email).