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PA: New prisons seldom a lock on prosperity

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

"Tracy Hulling, public policy analyst and author of the report, "Building a Prison Economy in Rural America," suggested that hidden costs of prison business, such as added financial responsibilities for local police and court systems, often strain small communities. Hulling wrote that small towns with prisons, but few other amenities, may appear unattractive to businesses and industries." "The idea that prisons create secondary industries, like hotels and entertainment complexes, is wrong. None of that happens," said Ryan King, a policy analyst with The Sentencing Project, a prison reform advocacy group based in Washington." New prisons seldom a lock on prosperity By Robin Acton Pittsburgh TRIBUNE-REVIEW Monday, September 22, 2008 Fayette County's planned second state prison is being heralded as a critical project with the potential to secure a struggling municipality's economic future...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on September 23, 2008 (boomark / email).