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NJ: Guards protest closing of prison. Community wants it gone.

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

"The residents of this community believe in their hearts...they do not want the prison to be on that location," he said. "They view it as the way that their community can turn things around and they can't get it done with a prison on its most valuable property." Star Ledger Plan to close Riverfront State Prison in Camden draws controversy by MaryAnn Spoto/The Star-Ledger Sunday March 08, 2009 In their dreams for a city besieged by crime and unemployment, they envision concrete walls and barbed wire replaced by green parks and tidy homes. "Riverfront State Prison has held Camden down since the day it opened on the waterfront," said Rodney Sadler, president of Save Our Waterfront, a citizens group. But union leaders and some lawmakers say the decision to close the prison was driven purely by economics, could overburden county jails that house state inmates, and leaves little room if more crime produces more inmates...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on April 03, 2009 (boomark / email).