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PA: Editorial-"Push state to build prison here"

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

EDITORIAL: Push state to build prison here Altoona Mirror POSTED: October 14, 2008 What would the area do to obtain 600 well-paying jobs in what could be termed a recession-proof industry? It's not a rhetorical question. Those jobs could happen. But it's important that our local and state leaders don't drop the ball. The industry is the state Department of Corrections, which already has a sizeable presence in central Pennsylvania with facilities at Huntingdon, Smithfield, Rockview, Houtzdale and Cresson employing thousands of area residents. There is a chance for that to grow. State officials have cited the need to construct more prisons to handle the burgeoning inmate population. At one point, it seemed like Huntingdon was almost a lock to get one of the state's new correctional institutions...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on October 15, 2008 (boomark / email).