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More notable local news from the business pages of prison nation

By Douglas A. Berman

Regular readers know my favorite modern political mantra: "It's the prison economy, stupid."  The latest opportunity to chant this mantra arises in connection with this local article from Colorado, headlined "State senator keeps Rifle prison open to protect local economy."  Here are snippets: Dave Scherbarth, associate warden at Rifle Corrections Center, didn?t know what to think when he learned Friday that his facility would be spared from the state?s frenzied budget cuts.  The roughly 50 people who work under him were likewise at a loss.  They had, after all, spent the past month convinced they needed to find a new job because the prison was closing down, Scherbarth said. Sen. Al White, R-Hayden, ... looked at the situation as a prime example of how the government can save jobs in tough economic times and not aggravate the problem...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 24, 2009 (boomark / email).